jpdb beta

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

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to stop talking; to break off; to pause

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to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

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trick; act

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synopsis; outline; plot

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acting; performance

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play; drama

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to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like

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to shake with rage

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to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind

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

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objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

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to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

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to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

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to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

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to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

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to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

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to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

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one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

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snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

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gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

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suspicion (of others); jealousy

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to like; to love; to be fond of

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behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

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to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

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to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both

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to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

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breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

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drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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such

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opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

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one way or the other; either way

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it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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to keep balance

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idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

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whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

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self-protection

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skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

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to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

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indicates emphasis

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to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

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light; lamp

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to be able to manage somehow or another

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to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

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