jpdb beta

showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay

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look; glance; (at first) sight

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age 10

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older; senior

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putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

value; worth; merit

1

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

2

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

2

discontent and grumbling

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if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect

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quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

3

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

5

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

2

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

2

to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery

2

darkness

1

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

3

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

1

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

1

rather; better

2

to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

3

class

1

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

1

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

1

to serve; to do

2

to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

1

to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

2

to; towards; for

12

brief (amount of time); short

1

curl

5

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

2

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

3

lake (in place names)

16

shore; bank (of a body of water)

2

if so; in that case; in that situation

3

soon; shortly; nearly; almost

3

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

4

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

2

too much; excessive; too

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suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting

3

talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip

2

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

2

to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

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the end

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