jpdb beta

everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything

1

bad habit; bad habits

1

gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

2

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

3

a certain ...; some ...

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just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

2

indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

1

chance; opportunity

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to increase; to multiply

2

jellied fish or meat broth

2

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

4

newspaper

3

novel; (short) story

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(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

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or; otherwise

1

movie; film

1

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

2

to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

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is not; am not; are not

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music

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phenomenon

4

equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")

2

circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)

1

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

2

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

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until now; so far; up to the present

13

to scoop up; to dip up

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

8

commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

1

most important

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

3

crab

5

snail; cochlea

3

snake; serpent; large snake

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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bee; wasp; hornet

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abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

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to have a talk; to tell a story

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before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

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yikes; oops; eep; wow

7

this world; this life; world of the living

8

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

3

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

7

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

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