jpdb beta

mouse (esp. laboratory); (computer) mouse; mouth

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(power of) imagination

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to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

3

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

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transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis

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to collect evidence

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the last moment; the very end

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ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

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grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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forced laugh; forced smile

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to hold up in one's arms

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iris (of the eye)

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

1

to be troublesome; to require the aid and labour of others

1

veterinary clinic; veterinary hospital

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ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury

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to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

2

blanket

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toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often

1

being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)

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to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem

1

butterfly

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musical dance; music and dancing

1

humming

2

damage; injury; loss

1

unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

1

heading; headline; index; headword

1

monochrome

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strangeness; abnormality; disorder

3

clumsy; unskillful

1

to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

1

end of work day; end of school term; end of school year

1

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

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first day; opening day

2

researcher

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chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

conscious; deliberate; intentional

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openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

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to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

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to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

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repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

3

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)

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repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

2

order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation

2

to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut

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criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

2

bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

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