jpdb beta

grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback

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lucky shot; fluke

1

hardness

1

exception

2

one's mind

1

strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

copybook; model; pattern

1

wrist

2

legs and loins

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relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening

2

to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

2

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

2

impatience

4

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

storm; windstorm; gale

2

pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)

1

advantage; point in favor; point in favour

3

firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial

1

to aim at

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nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

4

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

2

to scoop up; to dip up

1

sweeping sideways; mowing down

1

to fall backward

1

to ring; to clang

5

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

1

carotid artery

1

both arms

1

big arm; brawny arm

1

to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly

1

to knead into

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hardness; solidity

2

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

to be smashed up

2

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

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hand used like a sword in striking

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soundless; mute

3

to dye; to colour; to color

3

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

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