jpdb beta

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

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occupation; calling; livelihood

1

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

1

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

mistress; lover; prostitute

1

joints; points (of a speech)

1

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

1

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

boss; chief; head

1

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

1

cannot possibly be

1

menial; meanness; servility; abject

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

2

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

to escape

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permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

1

short pause; short interval

1

robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

1

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

2

look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

1

to come to light

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This isn't over; I will get my revenge

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

1

to wave one's hand

1

alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery

1

to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

1

stew

6

to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish

1

to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels

1

on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton

1

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

contrastive

1

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

1

well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

1

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

1

care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown

1

three times

1

near-miss; just missing (each other)

1

peddler; pedlar; hawker

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

1

well-cooked; well-done; browned

1

to put into the mouth; to eat

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alcohol; sake

2

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

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