jpdb beta

tactics

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to change one's mind

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

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prototype; model; pattern; archetypal

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trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

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to dissolve; to melt

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but; however; provided that

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secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

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secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

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gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent

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each paying for his own account; sharing the expenses; Dutch treat

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calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

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the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

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to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

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each; individual

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to pay

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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to overdo; to do too much

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suggestion; hint; implication

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to be surprising; to be shocking; to be jaw-dropping

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amount of money; sum of money

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more than usual

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to become empty; to be emptied

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coin; hard currency

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commuter pass; season ticket

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extent; scope; sphere; range; span

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harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

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unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck

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to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)

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to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

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whether or not

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inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction

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to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language

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yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

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eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

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discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

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moment; brief space of time

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antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

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to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)

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certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

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just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

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reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told

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learned helplessness

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psychology

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term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

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to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

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to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into

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to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

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blunder; bungle; gaffe

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