jpdb beta

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

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difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

I can tell you; heh

1

waiting impatiently for

1

treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash

1

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

look!; there!; here!; that is

1

to weep one's eyes out

1

three days and three nights

1

sweet and sour; bittersweet

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

3

novel; (short) story

3

author; writer; novelist; artist

2

bestseller

2

voluble; eloquent

1

since then; after that

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to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

15; fifteen

3

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

1

by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible

1

as time passes; with the passing of time; with time

1

souvenir

1

crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing

1

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

1

to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

1

to grow restive; to begin to act violently

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

1

souvenir store; gift shop

3

good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto

2

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

1

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

1

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

1

to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

2

clattering; rattling

1

to be bony; to be angular

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

2

how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully

1

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

very slightly; a little

1

fine split (e.g. in wood); hangnail

1

to burn out

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to spread (flames)

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to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

1

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

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matchbox

2

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

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