jpdb beta

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

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cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

1

phew; whew

1

to escape

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to fly in the sky

1

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

2

easy; simple; light

4

reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)

1

to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove

1

rejection

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petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization

3

hallucination; illusion

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

6

to drop; to let fall; to omit

2

to fall on one's backside

2

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

2

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

2

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

1

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

1

to scatter away; to vanish

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

7

glutton; gourmand

1

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

4

revolutionary

1

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

3

deep emotion; strong feelings

1

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

2

tearful voice

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it's not like; it isn't as if

1

to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with

2

lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

2

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

2

to be worried; to be troubled

2

hatred

3

meaning; called; said

3

long; (for a) long time

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

2

brightness; splendour; splendor

1

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

5

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

5

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

1

indicate reason; infers some protest

1

without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

1

true character; real nature

1

to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

1

one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart

2

eternity; perpetuity

3

several seconds

3

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

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