jpdb beta

ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

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accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

2

family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child

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(car) being run off the road

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battle

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

3

break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with

1

before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future

1

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

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direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

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leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

2

pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher

2

obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude

1

to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone

1

professional

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return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

2

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

3

ringtone; ring tone; ringback tone; ringing tone

1

disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

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(being) within range (radio, commuting, etc.); (being) within the sphere (e.g. of influence)

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bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

2

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

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plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

to lose one's way; to get lost

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to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

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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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grandfather; male senior-citizen

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whereabouts; place where one is; position; location

1

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

1

to be relieved; to feel relieved

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threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

1

to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge

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to hide oneself

2

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

1

crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets

2

tearful voice

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thickly; densely; luxuriantly

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

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ringtone

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to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

1

sniff; sniffle; snuffle

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to make a speech; to address

2

listener's role

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to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

discontent and grumbling

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final; eventual; ultimate

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