jpdb beta

separate; scattered; apart

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field

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rank (of troops); file; column; formation

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry

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misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

1

mother

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information session; briefing; explanatory meeting

1

independence from parents

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

1

twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw

1

meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

2

mother and child

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office (e.g. the Oval Office)

2

bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer

1

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

1

fresh off the farm; inexperienced

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selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity

2

mediator; manager; caretaker

1

gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud

2

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

1

discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures

2

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

1

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

1

to knock down; to knock out

1

to grumble; to complain

3

ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister

1

to age; to become old

2

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

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mimetic muscles

2

baton (of command); order; command; direction

2

somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely

1

quill; quill pen

4

palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

1

to release

1

pen spinning; spinning a pen around between the fingers

2

desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

1

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

2

forte; strong point

1

insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising

1

crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products

1

agricultural community; farm village; rural

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

1

farmwork

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feeling of envy; jealous feeling

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to be in danger of; to be liable to

1

to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort

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