jpdb beta

sign; signal; cue

1

bye; see you later

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

6

to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo

1

pocket

6

outrageous lie; outright lie

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

3

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

2

to use one's head

2

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

3

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

lovable

2

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

results (of a study or investigation)

2

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

2

at least

2

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1

should do; ought to do

2

to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in

1

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

realistic; pragmatic

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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to hold the key (to)

1

Blowin' in the wind

1

Earth; the globe

1

swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; swallowing (a story); believing unquestioningly; accepting (a proposal, demand, etc.) unconditionally; accepting as-is

1

to gape; to open one's mouth wide

1

rest; break; recess; intermission

2

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

12

small (of a grain or berry, etc.); small (in stature); limited (in abilities)

1

to push aside; to brush aside

3

I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago

1

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

2

because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

3

to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it

1

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

3

arrival

2

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

2

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

2

scenery; scene; landscape

5

(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly

1

to the end; to the last

2

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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