jpdb beta

at a loss for words; stumped for words

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idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

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suddenly; with a jerk

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sarcastic; foulmouthed; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

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business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

2

to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time

4

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

2

light; illumination; glow; lamp; light

3

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

2

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

2

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

1

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

to laugh scornfully

1

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

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manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

rather; sooner; preferably

1

end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation

1

question collection; problem collection; problem set; workbook

2

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

2

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

2

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

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patient

2

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

2

mechanical pencil; automatic pencil

3

so what!; who gives a damn?

1

sloping shoulders

1

place; situation; position; location

1

hair whorl

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several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

second (unit of time); arc second

2

you; I; me; oneself

2

engineer; technician

1

to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

1

dullard; indecisive person

2

slow; dim

1

coward; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast; good-for-nothing

1

pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

1

someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

1

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

1

to follow around

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to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

2

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

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ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

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