jpdb beta

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

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binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)

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plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

3

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

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dream

3

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

1

to ring a bell

2

quietly; soundlessly

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spiritualism; spiritism; channeling; medium; channeler

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eighty; 80

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shriek; scream

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(handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission; brokerage

2

to ask for (e.g. a fee); to charge (a price); to accept (e.g. orders); to receive

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to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

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anything; whatever; whatever one likes

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gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

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similar to; like

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to side with the winner; to ride (someone's) coattails; to get on the bandwagon

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to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after

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based on; built on; made from

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to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

3

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

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discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

3

regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)

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unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

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strong pressure; heavy pressure

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to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

4

rather; better

2

going to and fro; back and forth

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plural; multiple; several

4

signature

2

measure; step; action

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to give directions; to issue instructions

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

2

would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

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accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

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to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

2

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

1

relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

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to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

2

to blow out; to spout out

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usual state of things

2

the last moment; the very end

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to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

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hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

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otherwise; or else; if not

3

to perspire; to sweat

2

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

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