jpdb beta

to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

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killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

3

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

2

jostle; struggle; scuffle

1

cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind

1

traces; evidence

1

logic

1

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

2

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

evasion; avoidance

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

lighting (a lamp); turning on a light

2

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

2

it's already too late

1

reading partway; leaving half-read

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

1

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

2

one's desk-side book

1

correct answer

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise

2

representative; exemplary; model

1

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)

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hint

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(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

2

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

1

advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview

1

back seat; rear seat

1

consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

3

depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)

1

frequency; rate of occurrence

1

saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

1

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

1

as you see; as you can see

1

which; what (way)

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to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation

3

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

1

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

to succeed; to bear fruit

1

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

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to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

1