jpdb beta

tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

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was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

5

report; notification; registration

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awfully; terribly

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being startled

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precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

3

serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not

3

deep breath

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to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair

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origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

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cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct

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thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent

3

at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly

5

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

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to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

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to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

2

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

2

confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

1

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

3

tone

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to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

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inconvenient

2

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

4

seat (of chair, bench, etc.); seat base

1

splashing; sloshing

1

to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)

1

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

1

to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil

3

to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)

1

closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)

1

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

2

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

2

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

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in large quantities

2

sample; specimen; pattern; model; example

1

cajolery; wheedling

1

second place

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

5

to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

high income

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business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law

1

trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse

5

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

1

shop manager

1

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

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