jpdb beta

pitch black; deep black

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moon; month

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without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

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confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation

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opposite side; other side; other party

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person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

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certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

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maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full

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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do

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to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

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to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

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hmm; I see; hrm

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

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thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

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membrane; film

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to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

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sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

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to rain incessantly; to downpour

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to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

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to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

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fireworks

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to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

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sparks

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to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

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as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

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expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

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to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

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fall; drop; descent; coming down

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range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)

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outside of; not covered by

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unexpected; unforeseen; strange

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incident; affair; happening; event

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to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

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to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack

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to pour into (liquids); to pump into

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

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oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

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ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

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the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

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resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

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