jpdb beta

to this extent; to this degree; this much

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of the same age; age-matched

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several years; a few years

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in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

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awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely

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one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

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to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

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steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

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to pilfer; to filch; to swipe

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independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

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junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

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precious; valuable

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to knock (someone) off their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel

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to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

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

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to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

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to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

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envy; jealousy

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ignorance; innocence; stupidity

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to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together

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to tame; to win over

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then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

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seasoning; flavour; flavor

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therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

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threat; menace

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paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis

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to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

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nothing but; none other than

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son

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unnecessary; needless

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shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

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to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things

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taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness

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to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

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to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

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sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

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no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...

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once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

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collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict

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to push aside; to push one's way through

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to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

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one by one; each; every; at intervals of

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unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that

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footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

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right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)

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to hang; to dangle

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one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

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touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

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to plunder; to grab; to snatch

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association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

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