jpdb beta

AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)

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handwriting analysis

1

head

2

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

8

invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass

1

empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)

1

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

13

faucet; tap

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

refrigerator; fridge

1

looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

2

sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar

7

closing credits (film, TV); end credits

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

2

viewer; (television) audience

1

solution of a riddle

9

process; course; mechanism

2

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

2

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

6

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

4

reality; actuality; hard fact

3

person who sets questions (for an exam or quiz)

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

3

precisely because

5

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

2

to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

3

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

5

reference; allusion

2

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

3

choice; selection; pickup (phonograph); stylus bar; pickup truck; pickup

3

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

2

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

3

really; truly

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

2

bold; daring; audacious

5

risky

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

5

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

2

to prohibit

2

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

1

erectile dysfunction

1

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

3

Zula

1

code; password; cipher

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misprint; typographical error; typo

1

unfair

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obsession with cleanliness; fastidiousness

1

treasure hunter

1