jpdb beta

affinity

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optimization; optimisation

1

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

2

simultaneous; all at once

1

termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)

2

doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)

1

fourth

1

to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out

1

to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in

1

cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)

3

sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive

2

diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small

1

to bring to light; to expose (to the world)

1

to talk to oneself; to mutter

1

clear autumn sky

2

fool; dunce; idiot

1

ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

4

glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble

1

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

1

older brother

2

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

2

stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

2

manuscript; version; draft

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

1

flight; running away; absconding; elopement

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

composure; calmness; self-possession; depositing (at the bottom); deposition; accumulation

2

resignation; acceptance; consolation

2

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

1

surrealistic

1

alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)

4

individual; private person; personal; natural person

4

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

logic

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

3

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

2

operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release

1

stale; hackneyed; clichéd

1

good; goodness; right; virtue

1

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

1

self-righteousness; self-justified

1

yoke; constraints; oppression

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

3

the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance

1

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

5

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

to stoop; to bend over

2

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

1