jpdb beta

trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)

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bauble; trinket; gimcrack; gewgaw; tchotchke; tsatske

1

if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...

2

to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize

1

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

5

lawsuit; complaint

1

recommendation; putting in a good word for someone

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

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to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

1

outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious

1

ungrateful

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management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

3

word; remark; statement

2

throughout; all through; right through

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shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

3

brute; savage; fiend

5

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

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the public; general public

2

judge

5

victim (esp. someone killed); casualty

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cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)

3

innocent; not guilty; harmless

5

responsibility; duty; obligation

4

tusk; fang

1

to pieces; into shreds

2

to be satisfied

2

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

3

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

2

throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)

6

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

2

government official

1

voting; ballot; poll; vote

1

black; black stone; guilt; guilty person

3

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

3

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

1

confession; admission

5

to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)

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obvious; undeniable

2

expectation; anticipation; forecast

2

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

2

the ... in question

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to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

2

to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane

4

had better ...; had better not ...

5

blow; shock; strike; batting

4

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

2

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

2

yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

4

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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