jpdb beta

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

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wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief

10

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)

1

large number (of); many; majority

3

(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)

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relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening

2

to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language

2

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

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to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

5

conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

2

thumb; big toe

4

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

1

long distance; long range; long distance relationship

1

human thought

1

stereotyped; patterned; typical

1

physical evidence; real evidence; material evidence

1

to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says

1

exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

2

to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan

1

to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

2

to spread; to be propagated

5

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

3

hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles

1

league match; league game; league series; round robin

1

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

2

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

1

to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

2

changing for the better

4

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

7

direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim

2

miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)

1

frank; candid; frankfurter; frank

4

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

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therefore; for that reason; such being the case

4

entrails; giblets; tripe; offal

1

one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt

2

convenient; handy; useful

4

oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm

1

stupidity; absurdity; presumption; impertinence

2

stinginess; miserliness; parsimony

1

reading (books)

3

Japanese word of Chinese origin; Sino-Japanese word; language of the Han people; Chinese

1

rose

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practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

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rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy

2

to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out

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what color

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red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

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