jpdb beta

not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

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joke

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straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

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to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control

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cold; short; curt; blunt

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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(someone else's) parents; both parents

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to stare back at; to look back at

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again and again; repeatedly

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tedious; lengthy; wordy; long-winded

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(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly

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to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

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really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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loss; going missing

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problematization; making an issue of (something); becoming a problem; becoming an issue

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to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

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to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful

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dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid

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bribe; sweetener; douceur

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mistake; blunder; slipup

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remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; extreme

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to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

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to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)

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measure to win someone over to one's side

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responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment

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ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy

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to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful

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uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

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to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

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to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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right beside; close to; nearby

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lens

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

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to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

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outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

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line

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to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours

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to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)

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to appear suddenly

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to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall

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to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away

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to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable

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to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

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to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

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