jpdb beta

with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

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to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly

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return; welcome home

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largest class; top category

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insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

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highest grade; top class

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welcome; (warm) reception

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart

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swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is

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to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

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to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

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since then; from that time; ever since

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introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)

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doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

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won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

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implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

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easy; simple; light

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if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

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to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

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to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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ethical

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preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

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guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room

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in name only; titular; nominal

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dim; gloomy

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interior light (in car); dome lamp

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feeling of oppression

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exceedingly; extremely; decisively

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to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath

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to break down (an opponent's defenses); to defeat; to knock out the opponent's pitcher (with consecutive base hits); to break (an established notion); to refute (e.g. a theory)

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(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game

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choice; selection; option

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to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

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(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar

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to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

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veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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long speech; monologue

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practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

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inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

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clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

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desire; wish; aspiration

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sexual desire; sex drive; lust

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mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)

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(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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hence; for that reason

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touchstone (assaying tool); touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test

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