jpdb beta

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

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each; respectively

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sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop

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surface of the earth; ground surface

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grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

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oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

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pupil (of the eye)

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hostility; animosity; enmity

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narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

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tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone

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to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)

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to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

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wind pressure

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snow surface; surface of snow

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ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

1

head start; initiative; preemption

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to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace

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to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy

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to bear; to shoulder

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if it is not ...; if it does not ...

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scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

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to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

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fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

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to jump up; to leap up; to spring up

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curve; bend; crook

4

orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course

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horizontal; level; even

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(drink) at a gulp; with a gulp; in gulps

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to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

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target

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following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

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to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

5

running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

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to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic

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(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

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back; rear; background

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moment; brief space of time

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soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time

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strongly; violently; with all one's strength

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(just) one's imagination

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

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yell; shout; outcry

2

to spread one's wings

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sudden rise; steep climb; trending

2

bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)

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to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

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losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself

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to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

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