jpdb beta

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

1

rag; old cloth; tattered clothes; ragged clothes; fault (one is trying to hide); defect

2

mending; repair; darning; patching up

1

example; an instance

3

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

2

management; administration; operation

1

moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative

1

devoted; self-sacrificing

1

disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

1

food

1

rustling sound; rummaging sound

1

place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place

1

business use; commercial use; professional use; industrial use

1

stray cat; alley cat

1

the former; the first

1

rabies

1

to examine (medically); to have a look at; to check (a patient's pulse)

1

cockroach

1

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

1

origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology

1

medium; media

2

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

2

to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise

1

suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily

1

social meeting place; watering hole

1

refined; genteel; graceful; decent

1

gentleman

1

to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in

1

of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

1

syphilis

1

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

1

one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye

1

the other; the other one

1

to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted

4

to hang; to dangle

1

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

1

to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head

1

last year

1

winter

1

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

how many months

1

empty can

1

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

2

reply; answer; response

2

of all people

1

don't worry about it; forget about it

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