jpdb beta

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

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cracks or fissures in the ground

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snapping apart

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special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

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to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

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stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon

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crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

2

waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath

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the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

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slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

2

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

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for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

safety; security

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high place; high altitude; heights; broad view

1

taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)

1

stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

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to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

1

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

2

subversive activities

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to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

3

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

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enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

1

slaughter; massacre

1

to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

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to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

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wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

1

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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so much; so; like that

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if it's the case

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(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

1

to cry and shout; to scream

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to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate

1

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus

1

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

1

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

1

combination; pair; duo

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... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

1

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism

1

to have the nerve to

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away

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riding fast; driving a horse fast

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going straight on; going straight ahead

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