jpdb beta

(not) even once; (not) ever

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

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arms; weapon; ordnance

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price; cost

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article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price

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seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

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absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

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intelligence or information network

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eyebrow; eyebrows

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many people; a large number of people

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reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

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Amelia

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they; those guys

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bright; intelligent

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eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

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good idea

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proud; having a prominent nose

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behind with everything; too late; reactive

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(being on the) defensive

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

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to take the initiative

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one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative

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they

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ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

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unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

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and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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it's not a problem; it's not a big deal; (person or thing) can be easily beaten or bettered (by one)

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resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants

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self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin

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staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

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doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

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wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

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to make a self-satisfied face; to look smug

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incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

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to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

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in accordance with; according to

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cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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the ... in question

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long trip

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what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

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far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

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place name; toponym

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to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound

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neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country

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decision; judgment; resolution

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darkness

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