jpdb beta

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

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to observe carefully; to make sure

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unreserved

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you

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pure heart; naivete; innocence

2

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

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to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent

1

limit; bound

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surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

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(in) his way; peculiar to him

1

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

2

to correct oneself; to restate

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avoiding or dodging responsibility

2

to argue vehemently

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to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over

1

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

1

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

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to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

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to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

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relation; connection

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

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being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering

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to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

2

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

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academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school

2

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

2

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

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swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

2

to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)

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(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

2

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

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to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

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to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

3

haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

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moreover; in addition

2

arrangement; pact; agreement

2

renewal; update; innovation; improvement

1

linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple

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to frown; to scowl

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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you could say that

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

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to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

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secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick

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to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

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tit for tat (verbally)

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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