jpdb beta

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

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

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venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

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to tear off

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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shout of abuse; jeers; boos

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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pride; boast; credit (to)

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to smash; to crush

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friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

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exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising

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leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

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rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse

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to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

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because; the reason is; if you want to know why

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trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts

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to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

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empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

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start; beginning; first step; clue

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indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

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unknown; obscure; insignificant

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three; 3

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continuation; succession; series

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relation; connection; relevance

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progress; development

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just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

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occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

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invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

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irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

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concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works

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that's true; of course; obviously

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to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

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reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

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logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

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to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

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scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean

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to rub; to scrub; to scrape

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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aha!; yes sir

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utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

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dazzling; radiant

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smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky

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most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

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beyond that point; after that

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to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

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school swimsuit; regulation blue one-piece swimsuit worn by pupils in school-based swimming events

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to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

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school swimsuit

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