jpdb beta

originally; by nature; from the start

5

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

5

the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

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remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect

2

dot; point; mark

2

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

2

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

satire; irony; sarcasm

1

style of painting

1

studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

1

professor; teaching; instruction

1

such ... as; or some such

3

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

1

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

certainly; surely

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

1

sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

4

hypnosis

6

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

2

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

common; usual

2

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)

1

pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

1

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

2

of all things

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

6

control; check; restraint; inhibition

3

invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

6

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

2

presence; sitting with; being with

1

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

3

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

2

of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after

2

trauma (usu. psychological)

1

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

1

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

2

to take a breath; to take a short rest

1

to become empty; to be emptied

1

tea incrustation; tea stains (on teeth, cups, etc.)

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

3

wariness

2

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

2

Board of Education

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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