jpdb beta

sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile

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to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack

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-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

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to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

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thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

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density

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common; usual

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though one didn't intend (expect) to

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to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

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young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

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fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

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average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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(power of) imagination

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plural; multiple; several

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living thing; organism; creature; biology

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to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

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lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

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describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure

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molars; back teeth

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

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to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

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to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

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choices; alternatives; options

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to happen to have on hand or in stock

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selfishness

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advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug

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killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

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to be opposite; to face each other

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pressure

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opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

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rebellious phase; rebellious age

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motive power; driving force

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ha ha ha (laughter)

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seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

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naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt

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to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

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reward; prize

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carefully; with caution

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to drag out

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

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epilogue

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bulky; massive; thick; heavy

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cloud

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to dilute; to water down

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snow scene; snowscape; snowy landscape

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grey; gray; ashen

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depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

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