jpdb beta

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

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housing district; residential district

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tree (esp. a Christmas tree); tree (structure, diagram, etc.); thread (on Twitter)

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snowman

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to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

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to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

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bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

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passing through without stopping; passing by

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sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

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to stare back at; to look back at

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big quarrel; huge fight; big row

4

airline company

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cancellation charge; cancellation fee

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to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

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way; course; the only way

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thread; yarn; string

6

leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing

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to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

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to reason; to sum up; to conclude

2

answering machine; answerphone

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going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work

5

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden

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(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)

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unrequited love; one-sided love

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second (in a series)

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to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup

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to dishevel (hair)

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to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

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difficult to speak about

2

to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

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every time; each round

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the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

1

to mind; to care; to worry

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meat pie

4

piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love

2

going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote

2

to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit

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wet towel (supplied at table); hot, moistened hand towel

3

song; thong (garment)

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descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

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to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear

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makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

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to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce

2

to put one's hand on; to touch

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impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous

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coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast

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substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement

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hot topic; talk of the town

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cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

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sensational

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