jpdb beta

flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple

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to tear off

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to fight against; to oppose; to face

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to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

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highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)

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to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

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reaching; attaining; arrival

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to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar

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heartbeat

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

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direct

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

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crash into; clash

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balance

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to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

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posture; stance

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

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to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

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to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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bell (often globular)

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sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

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to fall backward

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

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unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

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to squat; to crouch

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advice; warning

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failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

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to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

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target

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to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry

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to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

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final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue

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open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

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division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot

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thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly

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to blaze; to burn brightly

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in succession; one by one

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fuel

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to throw into; to toss into

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