jpdb beta

beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing

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total (number); count

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sinful; wicked; immoral

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to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)

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to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

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to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

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gambling den; gambling house

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ardour; ardor; passion; fervour; fervor

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cold (drinking) water

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first of all; first thing

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taking part (in planning); participation

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requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)

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one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation

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to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

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bedrock

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life

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terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering

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undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck

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to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire

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to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge

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surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play

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idealized image

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extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)

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to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

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as soon as; right after

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generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points

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respect; esteem; regard

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kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

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alert status; emergency alert

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shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)

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the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not

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to stop (someone) by throwing one's arms around them; to catch (someone) in one's arms; to hold (someone) back

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to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend

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to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed

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blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

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to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

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to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

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bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme

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once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

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to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget

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one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

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spear hand

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air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows

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opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services

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shot; buckshot

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skin

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bloodshed

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south side

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to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

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