jpdb beta

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

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dry run; rehearsal

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mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

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to be opposite; to face each other

2

to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

2

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

5

sign; signal; cue

4

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

3

back of the hand

1

easily

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

1

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

4

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

1

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

(editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director

1

being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)

2

low-level

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weakest

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like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else

1

importance; gravity

1

to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)

1

with one's own hands

1

belief; faith; conviction

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

1

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

2

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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elbow

2

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

1

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

2

due form; official; formality

1

big arm; brawny arm

1

to be filled to bursting; to burst

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

2

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

2

grim face

1

law; rule

1

operation (of machine); operating; running; working

1

coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment

1

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

perfection; flawlessness

2

to intend; to be sure that

3

interval

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

1

rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled

1

to bud; to sprout

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to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)

1