jpdb beta

chatter; idle talk

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worry; care; consideration

1

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

good night

1

sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

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(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang

1

manuscript; version; draft

1

single wall

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banging around (e.g. in a fight)

1

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

1

preparation; arrangements

3

to let down one's hair; to undo hair

1

quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly

1

to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

1

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

2

being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy

1

passion; sexual desire; lust; attachment (esp. to one's family or a member of the opposite sex)

1

maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter

1

whatever

1

powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty

1

in the middle of a field

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to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

old man; old geezer

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old man; old geezer

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

1

emptiness; vacuum; blank

1

to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)

1

bedside; near one's pillow

1

in that way; like that; that way

2

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

1

morning bath

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(plain) hot water; boiled water

1

to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

1

to become sodden; to swell up; to become lazy

1

temperature

1

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

1

wax

1

just now; right now; at this moment

1

Blowin' in the wind

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weak; frail; fragile

2

watercolor painting; watercolour painting

1

purple; violet

1

glossy; bright; slick

1

gelatin; gelatine

1

membrane; film

1

like; as if; the same as

2

brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)

1

damp; moist (negative nuance)

1

with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

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