jpdb beta

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

1

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

2

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

several people; a few people

1

wildness (plants, animals, etc.); uncouth; rough; unpolished

1

envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission

1

group member

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

2

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

abandonment; desertion

1

murder; homicide; manslaughter

2

to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for

1

no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

1

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

2

suspicious person

1

delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition

2

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

1

unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

6

no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

2

to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

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suspect (person)

1

assembling a criminal case

1

beginner's luck

2

exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

1

to speak the truth

1

custody; detention; confinement

4

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

6

acceptance

1

station; office; guardroom

1

wall; fence

1

to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

1

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

1

troops; group members; team members

7

rectangle; oblong

1

square; rectangular

1

practicality; utility; usefulness

1

ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.

1

poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

1

depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)

1

guide map

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handcuffs

2

sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

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glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

consent

1

misconstruction; distortion; misinterpretation; misunderstanding; perversion; contortion

1

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

killing; murder

4

distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry

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