jpdb beta

black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

1

vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

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sophistry; sophism

2

continuous; unbroken; ceaseless

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

3

uncertain; vague; ambiguous

1

conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic

1

operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

1

to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

1

to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off

1

individually; separately

1

to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass

1

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

distinction; differentiation; classification

2

to replace; to move; to change the position of

1

no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore

1

fire; conflagration

3

fire fighting; extinguishing a fire

1

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

1

spread of fire

2

to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited

2

the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live

2

opposite shore

1

to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself

1

helper; assistant; help

1

(of fire) to spread; to extend itself

2

to this extent

1

suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line

7

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

sense of sight; vision

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

2

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

1

slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient

1

torture

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

1

(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior

3

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

2

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

2

weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration

1

time; labour; labor

1

cover; lid; cap

2

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2