jpdb beta

definite; sure

1

change; alteration; modification

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

1

putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint

1

surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

1

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

1

being in shape; holding a dignified appearance

1

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

2

to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

torture

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

eternal; unlimited; endless

1

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

2

purpose; utility; objective; way to use something

1

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

1

refutation; rebuttal; retort

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

2

of all things

1

to yell; to rant; to rave

1

of tender years; very young

1

intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous

1

safety; welfare; well-being

1

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

10

special occupation; principal occupation; specialty; monopoly

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

1

to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

1

agricultural community; farm village; rural

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

2

reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)

2

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

2

to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

2

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

oneself; myself

1

estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

2

to be worried; to be troubled

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to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

3

to degenerate; to lapse into

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to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

2

music

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always; constantly

3

here and there; everywhere

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musical instrument

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tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre

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