jpdb beta

losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation

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attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse); sleeping with a man (at his bidding); overnight vigil before burial

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wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

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common; simple

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one kick

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abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

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counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

2

too (much); overly; excessively

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unlikely; improbable

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one person's portion

2

duplex

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seizure; confiscation

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(not) in the slightest; (not) at all

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physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

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to be at a loss; to be puzzled

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using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

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house search (e.g. by the police)

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occult; transcendental; supernaturalness; supernaturalism; supernaturality

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to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

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seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

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as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment

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to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

4

divine possession; eccentricity; irrationality; fanaticism

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off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

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information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

2

in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious

2

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

4

reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

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affirmative

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to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)

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information control

4

intelligence gathering; information gathering

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thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

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criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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suicide attack; kamikaze attack

2

end goal; final target

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outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track

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to follow in succession; to happen one after another

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accidental; incidental; occasional; casual

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though; even if; whether ... or ...

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to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)

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silent; mute; dumb

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first thing after rising; as soon as getting up

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to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)

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strong-smelling edible plant (esp. perennials of the family Liliaceae, e.g. Welsh onion, garlic, wild rocambole, etc.)

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leech

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homecoming; returning home

5

stir; commotion; noise

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Asian black bear (Selenarctos thibetanus); moon bear

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bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example

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