jpdb beta

to bear; to shoulder

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gossip; corner of the mouth

1

at any rate; anyhow

1

freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes

1

to grasp tightly

1

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

play; drama

1

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

1

strictly speaking

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

1

dangerous; risky

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

1

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

2

lending; loaning

1

safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury

2

safe; vault; storage cabinet

1

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

1

mineral

1

the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

faint smile

1

to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court

1

stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

1

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

1

to look away; to turn away

2

to become vulgar; to coarsen

1

parabola

1

great laughter; burst of laughter

1

companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

1

to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)

1

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

1

retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior

1

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

1

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

1

coarse; rough; crude

1

to trample; to crush underfoot

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