jpdb beta

entreaty to a deity

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going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness

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gloomy

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outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something

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to slap; to strike; to spank

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to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing

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to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

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to declare impressively

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ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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withered silver grass

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being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes

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at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

2

rest; repose

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

6

region; limits; stage; level

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one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

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to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

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antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

2

it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something

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curtain; bunting; act (in play)

2

to complete decisively; to do to completion

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circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)

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uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure

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originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

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many; a lot; much; multitude

3

drama; play; Chinese opera

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ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

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about this time

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ho-ho

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strange voice

3

scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions); flying apart

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splash (of water); spray

3

to glare; to dazzle; to glitter

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to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

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to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle

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rainbow

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water's edge; beach; foreshore

2

rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

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palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)

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wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

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rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up

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to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

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to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

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seawater; saltwater

3

unearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal

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puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly

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outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

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everlasting summer

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with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

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mangrove

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