jpdb beta

dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

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fishnet stockings (tights)

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bare hand; empty hand

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rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

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flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession

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I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

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cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

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real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

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pale; pallid; bluish-white

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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five-digit number; "ten thousands" column

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paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

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ectoplasm

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sea anemone

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possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on

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to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

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tactics; strategy

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novel; original; new; innovative

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offensive ability

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powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

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Watts

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of course

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to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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arms; armament

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to make a fool of someone

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to become desperate; to give in to despair

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(deeply held) resentment

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momentary; instantaneous

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to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

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neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline

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prohibition; inhibition; ban

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to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

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not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

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to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

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spiritualist; medium; necromancer

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

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dispersing; vanishing

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miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

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to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

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falling of the curtain; coming to an end

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suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

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shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly

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desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world

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to burn with love

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out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

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to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

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to chop (a branch, etc.)

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to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss

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shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

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