jpdb beta

incorrigible; dogged

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to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

3

to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery

1

proposal; proposition; suggestion

4

way of solving (a problem); solution

1

not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect

2

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

locked room; secret room

1

to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience

1

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

1

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)

2

also called

1

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

1

sunshine; sunlight

3

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

presence (impressive quality)

1

psychological; mental

1

fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize

2

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

2

sincere; honest; faithful

2

to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

1

to look into; to peer in

2

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

1

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

2

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good

2

sun

1

to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn

1

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

1

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

1

to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

3

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

1

at someone's (something's) mercy

1

oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

1

to obtain; to procure

3

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

2

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

1

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

2

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

2

shaking; swaying

1

to invite

1

to burn; to get fired up

1

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

1