jpdb beta

variety; variation

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sobbing; sob; weeping

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

3

clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts

2

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

mania; enthusiasm; maniac; enthusiast; nut

2

line; row; rank; list

1

skirt

1

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

4

to wriggle

1

plumbing; piping

1

to cling

5

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

2

flame; blaze

3

another; different; separate; discrete

1

to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess

5

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

2

to turn aside adroitly; to dodge

2

to flutter (e.g. a flag)

1

lint (as in a clothes dryer or a pocket); waste thread; fibers, such as might wrap around the gears in small mechanisms and cause them to jam; fluff

1

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

4

tracer bullet; star shell; flare bomb

1

tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)

1

to blossom; to flower; to bloom

1

large-flowered

1

burst of laughter; roar of laughter

1

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

2

heat wave

1

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation

1

to prevent; to take precautions

1

without a moment's delay

4

getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

1

scale

1

starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation

1

scrambling; scramble

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

2

fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely

2

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

2

a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

2

one machine; one vehicle

6

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

4

to kill by running over

1

clear; distinct; evident; definite

3

others; other people

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

1

physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses

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