jpdb beta

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

1

thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)

1

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

2

scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

2

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

5

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

1

to understand; to make out

2

encroachment; erosion; corrosion

1

difficult to understand

1

aggression; invasion; raid

1

to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out

1

confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically

1

coherence; consistency

1

to burn hotly; to burn redly; to lose one's temper; to get mad; to be upset

3

to challenge (a person) to a fight

2

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

1

to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places

1

dozens; scores of; decades

2

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

5

fraction; odd sum; odd money; small change; (arch.) low class female servant

2

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

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

2

treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

3

way of speaking; intimation

2

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

8

to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up

1

rust

1

to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)

2

oops; uh oh; drats

4

(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha

2

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

3

to advise strongly; to insist (on something)

4

handrail; railing; banister

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

in search of; in order to look for

1

staying up all night

4

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

1

blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related

1

one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman; flesh and bone; (one's) body

1

power struggle

1

both in name and reality; both in name and substance

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

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precedent

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therefore; for that reason; such being the case

2

will; testament

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