jpdb beta

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

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concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

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excessive; immoderate

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to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

2

tendency; trend; inclination

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

1

to ask a question; to ask questions

1

elect (select) few

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

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release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display

2

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

11

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

2

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

2

very; extremely; that is

1

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

1

to threaten; to intimidate

1

curt; point-blank

1

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

1

to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

1

to cause casualties; to result in deaths

1

pose; pause

1

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

3

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

2

edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

1

to add (to); to add on; to append

1

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

1

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

1

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

escape; getaway; evasion

1

how can (one) do something

1

strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly

1

cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)

1

to be softened; to calm down

1

state of the war; war situation

1

training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices

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to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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when; how soon; how long until

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real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

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to disappear; to vanish

2

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

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