jpdb beta

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

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bolt from the blue; unforeseen event; complete surprise

2

to ask

1

poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)

6

forest; woods

1

introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation

1

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming

1

felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering

3

lumber; timber; wood

3

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

1

flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression

1

small scale

5

to fit; to suit

1

constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time

1

to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious

2

slaughter; massacre

2

toadstool; poisonous mushroom

1

to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

2

suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

1

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

2

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

quickly; swishing; whooshing

1

salute; bow

3

to do as one likes

7

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

1

reconciliation; make peace with

1

unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable

1

secret; secrecy

1

speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

1

complaint

1

childish; child-like; immature; infantile

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

2

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

1

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

3

hickey; hickie; love bite; kiss mark; lipstick mark

2

true character; true heart; true spirit

2

annexation; merger; swallowing up

6

crushing

6

to narrow the focus; to focus attention (on); to concentrate (on); to zero in

1

to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

2

folding one's arms

3

large army

12

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

1

raid; assault; descent

4

trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; kid stuff; puerile trick

1

to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

1

oratory; eloquence

1

cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up

3

best

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