jpdb beta

bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

9

orange (fruit, colour)

5

variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse

1

bitter

2

broccoli

3

cauliflower

1

Broccolo Romanesco (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis); Romanesco broccoli; Roman cauliflower; Romanesque cauliflower; Romanesco

1

fractal

1

apology; excuse

1

support; backing; aid; assistance

1

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

1

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

2

green tea; Japanese tea

1

tea leaf; tea leaves

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teacup

4

to make tea

2

covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext

1

about; concerning; as to; regarding

1

soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself

2

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

4

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

4

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

4

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

1

as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

1

changing one's mind

2

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

1

returning tit for tat; retaliating

1

space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

2

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

3

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

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at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early

2

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

7

achievement of one's goal; goal achievement

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to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress

3

to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

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sticky paper slip; sticky note

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ball-point pen

1

to write down

1

telephone number

2

scribble; scrawl

1

down; below; downward

2

twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days

6

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

4

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

in any way; to some extent; even if only a little

1

commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner

1

upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)

2