jpdb beta

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

1

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

1

prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

(one) stroke

1

thumb; big toe

1

eyelid

2

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

4

weird; eerie; uncanny

1

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

1

ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility

1

to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember

1

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

8

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

1

hostage

5

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

1

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive

2

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

1

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

1

closing of a park (e.g. theme park, botanical garden, etc.)

1

1,000; thousand

1

counter for people

1

just one person; only one

2

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

1

visitors; attendance

2

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

1

innermost depths of one's heart

1

right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right

4

pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe

3

handcuffs; manacles

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to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

1

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

1

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

1

coating; painting

1

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

1

role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

to hate; to dislike

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resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants

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refusal; rejection

4

one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue

2

to turn one's face away

1

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

1