jpdb beta

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

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duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

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dictatorship; despotism

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counter for colours

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to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

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reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

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setting a bad example to others

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union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)

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strength; power; proficiency; ability

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itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally

2

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

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same; similar; (just) like; equal

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to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal

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uneasy

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tall figure; high stature

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strong-willed; strong of heart

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to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

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timid; faint of heart

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cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

4

generous; big-hearted

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trifles; minor details

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to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it

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(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

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to hesitate to say

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to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

4

impossible; unlikely; improbable

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(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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to make an enemy (of); to antagonize

3

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

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considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

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to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

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the other day; a few days ago

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effective; successful

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directions; instructions; usage method

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(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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professor; teaching; instruction

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conclusion

2

potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

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needless to say

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pure; purity

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adaptation; accommodation; conformity

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

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proper; reasonable; right; appropriate

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clearing one's throat; cough

2

to blush; to redden

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to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

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