jpdb beta

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

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stapler; paper fastener

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to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

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to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

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to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

1

to share

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to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke

2

in a little while; in a bit

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to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

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salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse

1

riskiness; (level of) danger

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dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)

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the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

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wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

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preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

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person of doubtful origin

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incineration; destroy by fire

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neigh; whinny

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bone; Bourne (shell)

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handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

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to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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vain person; ostentatious person; show-off

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Tim Tam

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self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

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to shout at

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to detain; to check; to restrain

2

incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength

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pessimistic; gloomy

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sherbet

5

counter table

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spoon

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unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into

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chink in the armor (armour)

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end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all

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shy person

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labour and management; labor and management

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sequel; later development

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obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person

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to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

2

office hours; business hours; working hours

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physical strength; muscle strength

2

big and brawny; well built; gigantic

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overtime (work)

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to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up

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unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)

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to establish; to formulate

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like; as if; the same as

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to pass a day

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failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

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