jpdb beta

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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unexpected; surprising

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various

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to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

1

shoulder

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suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

to paint (draw) a picture

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to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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publisher

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guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

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ridiculous; odd

3

painter; artist; painter supported by patron

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sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

friend; companion

1

nose

4

long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

1

beast; brute; animal

5

India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot

1

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

2

evening

3

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

2

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

2

shop selling picture books, wood prints, etc.

1

peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)

1

memory; sense; experience

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

1

stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

1

to give; to do (something) for

1

lavish; profuse

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to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise

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grandiose; exaggerated

2

to smile

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to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

1

(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity

1

suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

certainly; surely; definitely

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

picture puzzle

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maybe; could be; might

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

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