jpdb beta

just because; even if; even though

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to be pretentious; to put on airs

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to escape; to run away

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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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to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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to aim at

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hair's breadth

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to slide into; to slip into

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to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

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success; hit

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to gather strength; to take heart

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to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward

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cloud of dust (sand, etc.)

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to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

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(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration

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eyelid

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to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

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tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)

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to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

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point-blank range

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handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

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to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

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to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

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with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out

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almond eyes; slit eyes

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wide open (of eyes); large and bright (eyes)

2

smallish; on the small side

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small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

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trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

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vivid; striking

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to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

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to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

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foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

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to read too much

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to crawl out of; to creep out of

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the Pope

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

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phew; whew

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to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

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wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

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kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)

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balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp

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in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

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to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag

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to wave one's hand

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to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

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to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with

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