jpdb beta

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

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tear-stained face

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baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)

1

difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress

1

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

2

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

3

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)

1

all around; as far as the eye can see

2

glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle

1

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

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first half

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western style

1

to grieve and moan

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

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to ride upon the winds

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to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

4

palm (of one's hand)

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

12

custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule

1

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

1

continuation; succession; series

4

beauty

1

the four seasons

3

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

1

to swarm; to gather

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lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily

3

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

3

gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

aegis (mythical shield); Aegis (system); Aegis (missile guidance system)

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

2

foolish; stupid

1

tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces

1

a trickle of tears

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seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

2

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

3

gold dust

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ponytail

2

to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

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audience; spectator; spectators

3

telecommunications; correspondence

2

first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

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extermination; annihilation

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onlooker; bystander

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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burlesque; low comedy; farce

1

existence; possession; having; limited company

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humming; crooning

2

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

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