jpdb beta

person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company

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following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with

1

severe; hard

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

8

flight; rout; debacle

3

four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing

1

to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about

4

to be noteworthy; to be worthy of attention

1

stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy

1

paint; coating; varnish

3

human power; human strength; human effort; human agency

1

solvent; solution; flux

2

to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise

3

to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)

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optimism

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pessimism

1

madness; insanity

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being based on

1

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

4

stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence

2

by hook or by crook; by all possible means

2

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

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replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

7

receiving; receipt

3

proper; right; reasonable

2

cold wind

2

to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun

2

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

4

not getting a reply

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seniority; predecessor

3

abandonment; desertion

1

attenuation; damping; decay

3

motor drive

2

full

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

5

individually; separately

1

soft

2

steamroller

1

like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

5

surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous

3

losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

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to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

1

psychological; mental

5

practical; businesslike

1

chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words

1

neon (Ne); neon sign

3

not taking the slightest notice (of); not giving the slightest consideration (to); paying absolutely no attention (to)

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

7

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

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