jpdb beta

squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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how much; how many; to what extent

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usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while

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since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman

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you bastard!; you son of a bitch!

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clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

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to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

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unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

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brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

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to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

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(one's) life

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important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

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ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)

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change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

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to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

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colleagues; cronies; merry men

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stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

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rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

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to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)

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(hand) weapon; (arch.) one's forte; (arch.) one's special skill; (arch.) weapon one is skilled in using

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instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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slow; late; too late

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complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression

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to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden

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instinctive; instinctual

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fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

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to chase around

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to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

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not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

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to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)

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even if; even though; although one might say; although called

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hostility; antagonism; opposition

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to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

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to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in

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to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

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to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

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easy-to-understand

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already; now; no longer; not any more

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sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent

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to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

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to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way

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simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

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to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

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to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to

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this

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to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

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