jpdb beta

excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence

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there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

6

news; word; tidings; omen

3

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

3

to spread; to be propagated

2

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

1

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

1

to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish

2

forty; 40

9

luckily

1

quite a lot

1

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

4

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

3

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

6

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

2

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

7

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

3

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

2

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

9

having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

2

falling heavily (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

to begin to fall (rain, etc.)

2

to be sticky; to be close together

1

reliance; dependence

4

golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

3

immediately; promptly

11

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

1

spider

1

even

4

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

1

healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace

4

change in appearance; transformation

1

reverence; awe; respect

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

1

sick person; patient; invalid

4

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

3

sterilization; sterilisation; disinfection

1

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

8

kettle

1

medicine cabinet

1

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

3

medicinal herb

7

tincture

1

selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf

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