jpdb beta

to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death

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languid; listless

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late at night; small hours of the morning

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people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)

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hostile relations; hostile relationship

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to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry

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to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

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rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

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heaven and earth; top and bottom

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to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

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prompt decision; immediate decision; on-the-spot decision; summary judgment; summary judgement

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public; official

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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independent action; acting alone

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to hand over; to turn over; to cede

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huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

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cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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to slide into; to slip into

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defense; defence; protecting; preventing

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resignation; acceptance; consolation

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break in the deadlock

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to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

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to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

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to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end

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surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

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to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time

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death in battle; death on the battlefield

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to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

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to happen to be present

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unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)

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(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion

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pulsation; pulsatory motion

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course; curriculum

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to have meaning; to be meaningful

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process; course; mechanism

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leg strength; walking ability; running ability

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to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

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torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream

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support; stay; prop

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loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.

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shoulder blade; scapula

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subconsciousness; the subconscious

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tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing

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staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring

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description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance

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to shake one's head (in denial)

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being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

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