jpdb beta

dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

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first day (e.g. at work, school); day one

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morning; a.m.

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small change; coins; small sum of money

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money-saving feeling; bargain feeling

1

sales; demand

1

opening gate

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left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable

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walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)

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to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

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to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

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obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse

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in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

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alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

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crowd of people

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conflagration; fire

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unconfirmed; unidentified

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teaching staff; faculty

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windy; windswept; blowy

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to spread (flames)

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schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus

1

to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

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fire engine; fire truck

2

roll-call; muster

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text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

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flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression

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third floor

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floor above; floor upstairs

2

fire brigade; fire company

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to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

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to recover consciousness; to come to

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student in a higher grade; upperclassman

3

dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point

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unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

2

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

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to cough violently; to have a coughing fit

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black smoke

4

lower floor

3

drainspout; rain gutter

7

plump; somewhat large

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pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

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crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

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one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

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latch; clasp; catch; check; fastener

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scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

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to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

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serious injury

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to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

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gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

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tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)

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