jpdb beta

damn kids; brats

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one's person; around one's person

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newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie

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scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

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that's so, isn't it

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to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

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still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

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leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

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to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

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subordinate person

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to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

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willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

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look of the sky (esp. of bad weather); weather; course (of events); situation; way the wind is blowing

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deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

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to be doing; to be in the process of doing

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lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

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you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

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even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

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to collide; to clash

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high-pitched; shrill

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crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

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several minutes; a few minutes

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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

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inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation

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to stop; to quit; to put an end to

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waste of time

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to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

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noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

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the (four) limbs; arms and legs

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to dye; to colour; to color

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to be injured; to sustain a wound

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to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

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to think of; to come up with

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all; every

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battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

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to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

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classical form of martial art

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attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)

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close call; narrow escape

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to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

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to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

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having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

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predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

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shaking; swaying

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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for peace of mind; for conscience' sake; by way of consolation

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to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

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(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

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