jpdb beta

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

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foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

1

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

2

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

1

civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression

1

vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

2

(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming

1

military or naval register; muster roll

1

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

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pluralizing suffix

2

Minister of the Navy

5

nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)

3

Yonai

12

best; greatest; first

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

2

cabinet (of a government); ministry

2

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

2

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

to hesitate; to waver

3

government official; clerk

1

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

1

just one person; only one

4

to fight against; to oppose; to face

1

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

2

official announcement; proclamation

1

Pulitzer

2

land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

passive sonar

1

dark night

1

(electric) torch; flashlight

1

sphere; circle; range; category

5

door; gate; opening; title page

3

to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure

2

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

2

lone plane

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attack aircraft

1

sight (signs) of an aeroplane (airplane)

4

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

1

license; licence

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to order; to command; to appoint

1

walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary

1

mole; lentigo; beauty spot

1

to be curious; to wonder; to marvel

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