jpdb beta

to grimace; to make a wry face

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staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

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keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

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to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

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relax

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through glass

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response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect

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to narrow; to reduce; to contract

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

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serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

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(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

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to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

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salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others

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emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence

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actually; really

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(the thing) itself

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to challenge (a person) to a fight

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to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

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to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

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to choke; to have trouble breathing

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to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

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blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

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by all means; by all costs

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to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

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is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial

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a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

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absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

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to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

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to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

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deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

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to squash; to crush; to flatten

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amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

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anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

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cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

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carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky

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at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

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to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone

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to watch intently; to stare

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to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions

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vomit; vomiting

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

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oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

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to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

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freely; right and left; as one pleases

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

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gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

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water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating

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