jpdb beta

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand

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satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

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to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

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the coming days

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

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to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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beginning; outset; first; onset

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use; utilization; utilisation; application

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intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

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scene of the crime (offense, offence)

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on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

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to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

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to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

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strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

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to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

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tension; mental strain; nervousness

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degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

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thumbturn

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work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

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now that you say that; now that you mention it

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well; now; then

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reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation

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place; situation; position; location

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below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

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beforehand; in advance; previously

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mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

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bulky; massive; thick; heavy

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locking

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clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation

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to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

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drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

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pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

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touch; contact

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low speed; slow speed

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rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning

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gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

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like; similar to; as with; in the same way

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to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

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last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period

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moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

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eye-witness; witness

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point-blank range

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audience; spectator; spectators

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

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