jpdb beta

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

1

to shoot to death

1

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

1

making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)

1

with eyes half-closed

1

acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason

1

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

2

golf bag

1

rust

1

keychain; key chain; key ring (encryption)

1

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

2

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

3

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

3

without

2

to pick a fight

2

to increase; to multiply

6

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

out of character; unlike one

2

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

enemy territory; hostile place

1

a few hours

2

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

2

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount

2

the same rank; equality; apposition

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

3

reluctantly; unwillingly

1

opinion; view; comment

3

baseless; groundless; unfounded; without evidence

1

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

3

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

2

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

2

(medical) doctor; physician

2

a little bit; a little while

1

you; I; me; oneself

2

anything and everything; just about everything

6

settlement; solution; resolution

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

3

lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means

1

rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)

1

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

1

to be helpful; to be useful

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advice

2

various

1

trifles; minor details

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

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