jpdb beta

skilled in writing

1

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

3

love letter; billet-doux

6

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

8

figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design

2

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

4

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

5

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

6

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

21

soul; spirit

19

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

5

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

1

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

1

at least; at most; (even) just

4

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

2

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

2

comfort; consolation; diversion

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

4

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

12

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

8

to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

4

for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance

2

open sea

1

to do

3

weeping; lamenting

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

23

unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

1

to suck; to lick

2

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

beginning writing (a draft); drafting

1

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

5

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

2

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

1

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

2

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

8

to boil; to decoct; to infuse

1

to pinch; to nip

1

to the end; to the last

3

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

7

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

4

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

4

counter for generations; epoch

4

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

6

(one's) consideration; (taking) notice; interest; within the eye

1

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire

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argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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