jpdb beta

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

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inventor

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

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almost; roughly; approximately

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wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

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editorial department

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first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

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immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

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to bring someone along

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editor-in-chief

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to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

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reason; pretext; motive

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listen!; you see; mind you; remember

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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

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talent; ability

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have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

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oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

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to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

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overwhelming

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interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

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force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

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surely; certainly

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excuse; explanation

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o

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to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

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author; writer; novelist; artist

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not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

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to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

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right; correct; proper; righteous; just

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to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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success; hit

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

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change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

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new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

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so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

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is not; am not; are not

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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leading figure; influential figure; mogul

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proposal; offer; request; application

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this sort of

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special case; exception

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to live; to make a living; to get on with

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