jpdb beta

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

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dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk

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strong impression conveyed by one's eyes; eyes that convey a strong sense of purpose

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

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cold; short; curt; blunt

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along the road; along the way

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admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic

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breakfast

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evening meal; dinner

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harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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formidable enemy

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friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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fortune; luck

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in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

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solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause

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to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

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appeal; call for something; request; axiom

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backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

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pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

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to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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weak attitude

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

3

to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls

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obedient; docile; quiet

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sword skills; swordsmanship

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close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting

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withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

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tactics

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to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

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(turned out) all right in the end

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to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

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blow; shock; strike; batting

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adult; grown-up

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to shake; to sway; to waver

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to mow down

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to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

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automatic

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to hold one's breath

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to pierce; to penetrate

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with a vroom; with a sudden shaking

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loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

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to fall flat; to fall face down

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to tear off; to strip; to rob

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harsh; severe (e.g. criticism, verbal attack); sweeping denunciation

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pump-priming; rousing; stimulation

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pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

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