jpdb beta

to get a late start

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to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

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originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

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transcription (of a text, DNA, RNA, etc.); copying; transfer (printing); transcription; transliteration

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show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

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omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct

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okay; sure; okey-dokey

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looking into distance; watchtower; distant view

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one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

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(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point

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sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

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assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary

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comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

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assent; consent

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reply; answer; response

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thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

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to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

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looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

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downward compatible; backward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for lower tier or older systems, versions, etc.; upward compatible; forward compatible; compatible with input or components intended for higher tier or later systems, versions, etc.

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insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

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further; above; anymore

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to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

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gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

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successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

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anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

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to knock down

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physical strength

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superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)

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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

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duel; shoot-out

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mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

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overall victory; championship

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personal combat; one-to-one fight

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to tower above; to stand out

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to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

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periodic; regular; routine

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military exercise; drill

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to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

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runaway; fugitive

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to be talented; to be able

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to rank next to; to come after

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(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

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to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

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beater (on a hunt)

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role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

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main body (of an army); main force; these troops

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beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

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to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

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meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

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battle formation; military formation

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