jpdb beta

waste of time

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-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

2

bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile

1

fondness for women; woman admirer; lustful man; being attractive to women; being a lady-killer

1

(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism

1

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

2

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

moderate

1

a quarrel; argument

1

dancer (usu. female)

1

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

1

shed; barn; outhouse

1

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

2

to swim

3

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

4

sounds

1

inn

2

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

2

influencing (a person) for good

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided

1

matter of taste

1

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

2

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

12

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

1

(rock) crystal; high purity quartz

1

reliance; dependence

1

honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

1

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

4

throne

1

official business; public business

1

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

9

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

2

recommendation; endorsement

1

how; in what way

3

national border; provincial border

2

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

1

synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

1

barrier; checkpoint; checking station

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

2

young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute

1

breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

5

crossing a mountain

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denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

2

smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth

1

to come back

5

smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration

1