jpdb beta

minor role; small part

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not so

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

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watershed; divide; turning point; watershed (moment); moment of truth

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check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base

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winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

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front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

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one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

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throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

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yen (currency of Japan); circle

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exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

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one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac

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two colours; two varieties; two types

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alternately; by turns; one after the other

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definitely; absolutely; without doubt; absolute; unconditional

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to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

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audio feedback; acoustic feedback; howl

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lightly; easily; carelessly

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to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

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ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot

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to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

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comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy

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insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

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moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

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two groups; two bands

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to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

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settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

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collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

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(dance) partner; (work) partner; partner; spouse

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very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite

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(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

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discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony

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to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way

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unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly

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game in which the points (or prize) double with each win; exponential increase; rapidly multiplying growth

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to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

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thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward

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to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

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snakeheads; Chinese criminal gangs, esp. for smuggling Chinese immigrants

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every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

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should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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bow (and arrow); unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet); unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)

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to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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forcibly; by force; against one's will

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use; service; purpose

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is something that; is that which

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gallant; dashing; jaunty

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