jpdb beta

team competition; team game

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stomach ache; abdominal pain

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

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several times

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in the same way; like; likewise; similarly

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a little bit; a little while

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advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus

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to do (a person) good; to bring profit

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to tell a lie; to fib

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par; equivalence; face value; parity

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to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for

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carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually

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systems engineer; systems engineering; sales engineer; sound effect

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good

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sigh

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to go past; to pass; to pass by

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to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

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(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

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plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish

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fate; fortune

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with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

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to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

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making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold

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clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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quiz

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center half; centre half; channel; Order of the Companions of Honour (British order)

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giving up; quitting; surrendering

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sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi

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(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

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to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable

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of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

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underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap

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to abandon; to give up on; to desert

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chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)

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chain; chains

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mockery; derision; ridicule

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useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

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self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

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to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

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give; I give up; uncle!

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life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

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curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

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to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

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no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

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I'm beaten; I give up; touché; you've got me there

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to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)

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