jpdb beta

driftwood

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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roof tile

2

boastful story; big talk

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like this; this sort; this way

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fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

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phobia; morbid fear

2

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

3

to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

1

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

4

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

3

peril; danger; hazard; distress

2

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

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to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep

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helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

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to take a breath; to take a short rest

2

to be exhausted; to be tired out

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willpower; energy; vitality

2

to head home; to leave for home

1

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

2

main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)

1

to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

1

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

1

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

2

suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down

1

mid-stream; middle course; middle class

2

on a floor; above floor level

1

approx. 30 cm

3

to invite; to show (someone) in

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

Saida (Algeria); Sayda (Lebanon)

3

rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)

1

to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong

1

enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ

3

to look forward to

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lama

1

splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)

1

such and such

2

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

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summer clothing

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

1

to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile

2

pleura

2

several day period

1

(raining) heavily; (water rushing) plentily; with white noise; with a buzz

1

terrified; horrified

1

latent; potential

2

whole story; full picture; full particulars

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surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

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