jpdb beta

looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

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maintenance of public order; maintaining security

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to keep balance

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muscleman; strong man

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profoundly memorable

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firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial

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willpower; energy; vitality

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to shed light; to cast light

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waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath

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living room (Western style); sitting room

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childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

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mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

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delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

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revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

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(police) line-up

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restoration; restitution; rehabilitation

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exclusive; attached to; specialist

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pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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technical term

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curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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eccentric; crank; oddball

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working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

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being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

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distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness

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bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

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leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure

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to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

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extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)

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transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety

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present; current; in operation

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wild idea; delusion

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union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration

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technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional

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term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology

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under development; in development

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to harbor ill feeling

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to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

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confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

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ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

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all; everything

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to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

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look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

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intellectual

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reward; prize

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wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

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to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

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selfish; self-centred; egotistical

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to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

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(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by

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