jpdb beta

to prowl after; to keep watch on

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guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

5

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

7

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

4

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

2

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

4

to disappear; to vanish

2

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

4

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

7

rattling of a house

1

was

2

fool; idiot; simpleton

2

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

1

opening and shutting; opening and closing

1

disorder; disturbance; unrest

1

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

1

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

dust; one ten-billionth

1

number; amount

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

4

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

2

cloud

14

by the window

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

3

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

2

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

1

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

1

equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around

1

to pour on

1

to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked

2

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

2

gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame

1

to make a sound

1

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

1

what on Earth is this?

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

2

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

1

to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold

1

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

3

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

3

to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

3

to let go

2

sunbathing

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