jpdb beta

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

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demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

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to pour forth; to spill out

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direction of travel; direction of movement

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turnout (of people); start (of a race, campaign, business, etc.); beginning; initial charge; dash

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to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard

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to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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to dodge; to evade

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peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful

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grace; favour; favor

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investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

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to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to

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to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

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grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

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soap bubble

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to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)

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physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

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smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd

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to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

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sleepiness; drowsiness

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to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

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tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

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attachment (to); tenacity of purpose

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to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

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common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

3

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

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win; victory

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farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then

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after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter

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imposing stance; daunting pose

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a moment; a minute; an instant; stubborn; obstinate

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roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp

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long and large; tall and large; grand; huge

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to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on

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dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon

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to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

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to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

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to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

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to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

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to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

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to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in

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to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

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means; is; as for

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cheating each other

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the last moment; the very end

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reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush

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appearance; look

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feminine; effeminate

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to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking

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