jpdb beta

sense of duty (obligation)

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at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant

1

to flourish briefly (esp. before retiring or stopping); to have a day in the limelight; to have a stint of success

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to be possessed (by a spirit, demon, etc.); to be possessed (by an idea, delusion, etc.); to be obsessed (with)

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one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

2

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

3

logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel

1

to recover; to be healed

1

beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

1

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

1

as soon as possible

1

clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

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inexperienced person; novice; greenhorn; green hand

2

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

2

principle of leverage

1

new; obvious; natural

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safe; certain

2

to have a good idea; to be able to predict

1

interruption; interference; butting in

1

arching one's body backwards (like a shrimp); holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backwards like a shrimp (to represent being overwhelmed by someone's power)

1

strong; resolute; firm; strict

1

to boast; to brag; to exaggerate

1

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

1

air mobile

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network

1

gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse

2

chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly

1

haughty; arrogant; supercilious

1

to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

2

one meaning; one thought; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; unique

1

sworn friend

5

far away in the distance; in the far distance

2

rupture; break; fracture

1

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

2

intermittent

1

forked tree; forked branch

1

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

1

one machine; one aircraft; one life

1

by all means; at all costs

1

to stop talking; to be silent

2

extra; excess; surplus

1

break in time; interruption; pause

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

1

sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop

1

to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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conduct; behavior; behaviour

2

coarse; crude

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stability; security; equilibrium

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