jpdb beta

waste of time

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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of course; certainly; naturally

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skull; cranium

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to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger

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(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

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head; cranium; cephalic

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function; facility; faculty; feature

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stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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in succession; one after another

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to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

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to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

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to release

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to wrap up

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

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exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

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varnish

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aria; singing; chanting

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at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

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extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

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check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

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ha ha ha; hee hee hee

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futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

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great debt of gratitude; great obligation

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edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

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thread; yarn; string

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to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

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as if; as though

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lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

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turning around; spinning around; curling up; round and charming (e.g. eyes)

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rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

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(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

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obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude

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to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

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to bury; to embed; to implant

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mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

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ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

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beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

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to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

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weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

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