jpdb beta

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

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mistake; error; blunder

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instant death

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seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

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rare; uncommon; not often seen

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persecution complex; delusion of persecution; paranoia

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to shout at

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depression; low spirits; dejection

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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good-natured

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

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threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

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yours sincerely; respectfully yours

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I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent

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rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent

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foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea

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for this very reason; that is exactly why

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to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

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to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

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attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)

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head start; initiative; preemption

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how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

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begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

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threat; menace; coercion; blackmail

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to stamp one's feet

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effective; successful

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to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)

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(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth

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to depend on someone else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents'); (lit.) to gnaw on (someone's) shin

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to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way

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mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

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to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference

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strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements

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impeachment; denunciation; accusation; censure

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itch; itching; itchiness

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to ooze (out); to seep

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to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)

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to hold one's breath

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assent; consent

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid

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to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

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third stage; three stages; third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

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to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

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place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits

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