jpdb beta

diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction

3

desire; wish; aspiration

2

naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank

1

bright sunshine; broad daylight

3

preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward

1

pure; purity

2

butcher's knife; chef's knife

3

having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

4

to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride

8

sadism

3

nightmare; bad dream

9

like a decent person; human

1

to do something without any particular intention or mind to do so

5

for lack of anything better to do

1

under the eaves

3

astronomy

1

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

3

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

6

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

4

dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic

2

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

14

plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation

3

hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack

3

to get someone to say; to make someone say

6

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

11

identifiable; personalized

2

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

2

neat and clean; tidy; trim

2

habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)

5

to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply

2

generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

4

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

5

amber; yellowish-brown

4

race (of people); type of person

2

disorderly; promiscuous

1

stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

5

chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice

1

relief (e.g. bas relief)

1

to blame; to find fault with

1

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

1

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

5

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

7

button (clothing); push-button

6

egg yolk

1

Merta

45

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

10

stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck

4

bell (often globular)

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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