jpdb beta

to stammer; to stutter

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showy; ostentatious

1

upturned eyes

2

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish

1

brainwashing

2

to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension

1

secret; secrecy

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

wild idea; delusion

3

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

2

to; towards; for

2

suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)

1

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

5

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

3

snow; snowfall

1

rampaging; raging violently; going berserk

1

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

3

indigestion; dyspepsia; incomprehensibility; inability to understand

1

resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace

3

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

4

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

2

villain; baddie; the villain's part

1

progress; development

1

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

4

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

2

to be kind to; to treat kindly

1

to pamper; to spoil

2

to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

2

jealousy; envy

2

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

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to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

3

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

2

study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

1

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

1

grandiose; exaggerated

2

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

1

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

2

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

1

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

2

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

3

to sit on a seat

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