jpdb beta

center; centre; metropolis

1

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

1

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

one large ...; a great ...

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

Victor Hugo

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

4

melody; tune

2

modulation; change of key

2

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

1

escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis

1

allegory; fable; parable

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

1

flaunting; showing off; display (of power, wealth, etc.); ostentation

1

years later

1

(one's) concern; having (something) to do with

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

1

that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!

3

foresight; prescience

1

many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous

2

synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation

1

motive power; driving force

1

eloquence; fluency (of speech)

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

2

clown

1

attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism

1

constraint; restraint; restriction; binding

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

(idle pursuit of) pleasure

1

consists of; comprises; is made up of

1

ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility

1

to want; to desire

3

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

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to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

3

each; respectively

5

characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-

5

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)

1

musical instrument

12

poetic sentiment; poetic interest; poetic inspiration

1

sonata form

1

to fit; to suit

2

dynamic; kinetic

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

1

independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

1

meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

3

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

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(feeling of) massiveness; (sense of) volume

1