jpdb beta

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

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to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

2

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

1

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

8

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

grey; gray; ashen

1

ash; ashes

4

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

nowhere

1

tomorrow; near future

8

wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on

1

to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

6

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

2

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

2

official announcement; proclamation

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

3

reading too much into (what ... says)

1

backward reading

1

open sea

1

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

4

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

1

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

3

easy; simple

2

to drag in; to pull in

1

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

1

murderer

1

camisole

2

to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)

1

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

1

electricity; (electric) light

1

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

1

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

4

who

1

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

2

even

4

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

2

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

3

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

1

promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.); companion

6

vacancy; vacant position

1

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

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