jpdb beta

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

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to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

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Romeo

2

will not do; do not; does not

2

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

1

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

2

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

1

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

4

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

1

passing mark (examination); passing grade

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

3

in the future; another day; later

1

previous remarks

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

1

while alive; during one's lifetime

1

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

1

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

2

older person with more life experience

1

resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)

1

huh!; oh; wow; I see

1

you

1

talisman; amulet; charm

1

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

1

Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

1

abusive language; violent language; wild words

1

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

2

frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

2

nightfall

1

carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

2

to have a meal; to take a meal

1

to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

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small number; few; minority

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vocabulary

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formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

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