jpdb beta

to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)

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teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; (lit.) lecturing to the Buddha

1

pleasant feeling; good feeling

3

to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)

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to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

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reputation; respectability

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troublesome; annoying; complicated

6

an honest man; a good citizen

3

inhuman person; fiend; beast; brute

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

2

upturned eyes

2

neutral

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opinion; point of view; visual point

6

logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

1

hammer

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to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

5

to look upward

2

hey; hold on; come on

1

to one's heart's content or satisfaction

1

disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide

2

to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

2

flattery; compliment

5

to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

1

ridicule; scorn

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of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

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to peel off

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to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

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waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

1

outbreak of fire

3

electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug

3

to search (esp. a home in a police search)

1

weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

1

lightning rod

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direct hit

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electric current

1

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

2

to collapse into; to flop onto

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lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning

2

left foot; left leg

3

extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out

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fire; flame; blaze

6

to get strong; to gain strength

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to blaze; to burn brightly

2

moisture; humidity; dampness

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place of refuge; refugee destination

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to open the door

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to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

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fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

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