jpdb beta

hegemony; leadership; initiative

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surprise attack

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being too late; losing one's final chance

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to bring to light; to expose (to the world)

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misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

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ruin; destruction; fall

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sincere; earnest; serious

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to stare back (at); to glare back

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to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at

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bad-tempered

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resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

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to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

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cold; frigid; bracing; dignified

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)

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to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

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gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting

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to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

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close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

4

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

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tension; strain

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cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear

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trivial; slight

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to cross (each other); to pass (each other); to miss (meeting) each other; to pass each other by; to have a misunderstanding; to go awry

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now; nowadays

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degree of relative priority

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tone

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

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to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

2

to do for (the sake of someone else)

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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fair and square; open and aboveboard

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to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

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component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

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to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

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unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

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silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

4

encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)

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personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy

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to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

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to scatter away; to vanish

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to stop; to quit; to put an end to

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business

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no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as

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proud; haughty; arrogant

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many people; a large number of people

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clapping and cheering; applause

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