jpdb beta

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

4

slave; servant; slavery

1

loyalty; devotion

1

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

1

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

1

transactions; dealings; business

1

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

1

to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far

1

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

2

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

1

And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers

1

Agatha Christie

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title

1

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

2

in its entirety; whole; wholly

1

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

5

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

how many people; a number of people

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

2

population; common talk

1

population density

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise

1

little by little

2

even if I told you

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

2

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

2

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

1

empty; vacant; hollow

2

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

importance; gravity

2

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

3

unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of

2

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

3

third day of the month; three days

2

repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)

2

awareness; realization

2

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

10

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

the former

3

sooner or later

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

2

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

2

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

1