jpdb beta

countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel

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merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

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fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning); bong-bong (of clock ringing); with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker); striking clock; green young man from a well-to-do family

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does not seem (to be)

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red hair; ginger hair

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light brown; golden brown; tan

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cowboy hat

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behind one's back

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strong-minded; strong-willed; having great willpower

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

5

appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

1

Cheshire

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cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

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provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

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darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

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dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

1

to increase; to grow

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northwest

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area

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main street

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police cell; place of detention; jail

2

against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal

1

rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

2

cage; pen; (jail) cell

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dark side (of nature, town, etc.)

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to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)

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criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

3

breathing; respiration

1

beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

3

to shut up; to imprison

1

one beat

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delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

2

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

1

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

1

iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

1

time lag

1

jail; gaol; jailhouse

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to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

1

both (people)

3

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

5

protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet

3

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

1

one; one

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trouble; quarrel; dispute

1

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

1

punishment; penalty

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to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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