jpdb beta

to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

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disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

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toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)

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mishearing

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clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)

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to bring up a subject

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luxurious and gorgeous; magnificent

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foie gras

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bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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several times; a few times

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to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back

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seeing (someone) off; send-off; deferment; postponement; letting a pitch go by; wait-and-see attitude

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all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

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change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification

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absorbent cotton; cotton wool

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prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela

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to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough

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full ripeness; full maturity

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to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed

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definite; final; decisive; conclusive

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demand for; request

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beginner

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to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

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to check; to compare

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shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically

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offense and defense; offence and defence

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scientific

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logical

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extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

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on the one hand ... (and on the other ...); on one side

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disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

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to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

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person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception

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sub-; inferior; minor

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capable person; talented person; person with supernatural powers (in fiction); competent person; person with legal capacity

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point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)

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great majority

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majority group (party, faction)

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cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

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exception

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existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

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soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

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personal opinion

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according to; by (means of); due to; because of

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way out; means to escape; escape route

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cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes

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look of the sky (esp. of bad weather); weather; course (of events); situation; way the wind is blowing

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side gate; side door; service entrance

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to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

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