jpdb beta

difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

4

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

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shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague

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in advance; beforehand; previously

3

(hand) gesture; movement of the hand

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to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset

1

to be suspected without cause

1

wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

1

bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant

5

gestures; gesturing

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sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning

2

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand

1

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

1

perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray

1

making noodles by hand; striking a deal; coming to an agreement; killing with bare hands

10

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

1

fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey

3

independent; responsible; active; subjective

1

to get on well (with a person); (lit.) to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider)

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

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innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

1

broad support; wide-ranging support

1

to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped

2

self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride

1

being all smiles with joy

1

for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)

1

mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted

1

hung up; hoist; denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court

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to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court

2

game; play; sports

2

admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification

2

to backfire; to have a harmful result

1

reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

1

shady; underhanded; questionable

2

appointing to a responsible post; making much of

2

waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint

1

one's long-cherished desire

1

to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

1

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

2

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

2

scar on one's forehead; frontal wound

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to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)

2

to bud

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ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

2

to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on

2

back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary

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judge

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