jpdb beta

clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action

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doll; puppet; figure

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back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

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for the first time in one's life

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to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

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fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

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very dim light

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glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

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guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience

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roar; howl; yell; bellow

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both arms

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to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double

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stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

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to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

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to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

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silence; stillness; quietness

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development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva

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bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

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to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away

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to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

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I can tell you; heh

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it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

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refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly

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attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

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to get wet

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to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

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serious injury

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any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

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to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

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to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

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to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

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building material

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motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

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(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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selfish; self-centred; egotistical

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extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

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to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

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to glare at; to scowl at

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compared with

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look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

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choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

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class president; head class representative

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to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings

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point-scoring; scoring Brownie points

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to chase; to run after; to pursue

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

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