jpdb beta

blindness

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master swordsman

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to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express

2

always; constantly

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to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

too much; excessive; too

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

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unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

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irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

1

king

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spring; fountain

1

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

2

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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(how) many times; (how) often

1

thousands

1

countless; incalculable

1

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

1

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

1

look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk

1

the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

1

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

1

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

1

to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

1

tasting; sampling

1

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

1

killing time; staving off boredom

1

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

4

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

nice; good; well-executed

1

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

to make an error

1

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

1

to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

1

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

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in one's own way or style

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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mere; only a ...

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resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

2

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

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to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly

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to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

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