jpdb beta

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

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cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation

1

to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way

2

encouragement; incentive; stimulus

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

1

completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak

1

(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

1

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out

1

long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

1

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

1

feel (of a material); texture

2

number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)

3

ore; mineral; crystal

1

opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable

1

counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face

1

countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel

1

harmonious; intimate

1

prejudice; bias; distorted view

2

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

2

thus

2

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

1

you guys; buddies; pals; you lot

1

brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person

4

sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing

1

for some (unspecified) reason

1

once in a lifetime; once in one's life

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

2

only once

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being up to the person himself

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

1

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

1

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

3

nice; likeable; desirable

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

2

each house; every house; many houses

1

to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess

1

embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

1

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor

1

to talk volubly

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to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

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outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

2

deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

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(large) house; residence; mansion

1

haunted house

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bilateral symmetry

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weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

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