jpdb beta

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

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to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

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going through; going via; going by way of

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to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

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the height of folly; sheer stupidity

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to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

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escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

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agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK

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to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge

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we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)

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to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

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to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

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to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

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uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment

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unjust; inhuman

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extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

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wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

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humiliating

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

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taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

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comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

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persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

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to keep away; to keep at a distance

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rest; repose

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still; even now

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duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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abusive language

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fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey

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individual; one by one

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be (that) as it may; having said that

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

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perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

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to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

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thought; consideration; thinking

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simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

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good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

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to cancel; to call off

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to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

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assassination

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with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily

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quirky; idiosyncratic

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to comb down; to smooth down

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