jpdb beta

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

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grandiose; exaggerated

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violence; reckless action; (an) outrage

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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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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

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bluff

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

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armed forces; military; troops

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unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

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homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings

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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

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will not do; do not; does not

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condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

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amusement; fun; brief entertainment

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he said, she said

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endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)

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confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

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the person in question; the person themselves; said person

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honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion

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testimony; (verbal) evidence

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unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on

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to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

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trivial; trifling

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lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

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(death from) starvation; starving to death

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rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations

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trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned

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to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

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to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of

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marine product; marine (e.g. product, animal etc.)

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resources

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seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea

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to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

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early stage

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armed intervention; military intervention

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exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

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to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

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to resist; to defy

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restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

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to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

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sworn friend

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to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

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