jpdb beta

to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

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in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

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to prostrate oneself (before)

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to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

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as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction

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to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

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phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo

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oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha

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good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)

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consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced

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like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

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alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

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look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

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other people's affairs; someone else's problem

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to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious

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defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

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impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal

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to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

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selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

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to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

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venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

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to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

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to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

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to blush; to have flushed cheeks

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

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to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

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clock; watch; timepiece

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to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass

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to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

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door; gate; opening; title page

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print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer

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in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data

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to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal

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right about-face

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to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

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momentary; instantaneous

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burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

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within; inside of; less than

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description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance

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hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

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to be possible to occur

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awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

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refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

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start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

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stray cat; alley cat

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to take care of

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to the end; to the last

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irresponsibility

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to subsist; to keep on living

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