jpdb beta

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

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escalation

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route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

to say incorrectly; to use the wrong words; to make a slip of the tongue; to forget to say; to miss one's chance to say

1

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

2

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

1

sense of caution; wariness

1

mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours

1

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

1

company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

2

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)

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explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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subconsciousness; subconscious (awareness)

2

pronunciation; production of sound

1

reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration

1

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

1

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

1

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

active fault

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major earthquake; large earthquake

2

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

3

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

1

lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

2

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

5

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

2

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

5

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

2

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

1

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

1

progress; development

2

it is no use crying over spilt milk

1

regret; repentance

1

fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

1

to obtain; to procure

2

to speak; to hear a voice

1

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

4

to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

1

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

2

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

strong pressure; heavy pressure

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

3

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

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irresponsibility

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promising without due consideration

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useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

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