jpdb beta

to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to squeeze; to bind; to wring; to screw in (e.g. a bulb)

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grim face

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

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to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

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to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

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impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

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to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

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emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)

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to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide

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you; I; me; oneself

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to have the nerve to

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to wring the neck; to strangle

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throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

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to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

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soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal

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fog; mist; spray

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mist; haze

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being filled with; being full of; permeation

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fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

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breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor

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to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

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to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

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to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)

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least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

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violence; mayhem

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kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

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belligerent; warlike

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fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

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incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

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bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

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to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

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to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to

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to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

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to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

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how long; how far; how much

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passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

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to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save

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beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

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to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

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irritation; annoyance; frustration

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to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

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noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

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to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

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what's the matter?; what's wrong?

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to approach; to draw near

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curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)

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nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich

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serious; grave; dignified; solemn

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to take someone's life; to kill someone

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