jpdb beta

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

2

home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain

2

to paint over heavily; to plaster up

1

as soon as; right after

1

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints

2

unavoidable; inevitable

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to whine; to make feeble complaints

2

constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

1

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

3

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

3

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

3

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

product of the land; present; souvenir

1

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

1

charred; burnt black; scorched black

1

(next-door) neighbour; neighbor

1

soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself

3

feeble complaint; whine

1

third; no. three

1

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

1

to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

1

to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

1

to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

1

pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

1

to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

2

patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

2

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush

2

profit

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manyfold

3

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

1

basic mistake; careless mistake

1

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

7

the same as this

1

obstacle

1

appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event

1

now; come (now); well

5

outspoken; forthright; frank; direct

1

in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

immediate reply

2

extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool

2

to speak; to say; to vocalize

2

to pull up; to haul up

1

lending and borrowing

1

not counted (in the score); not tallied

1

(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged

3

offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

3

embarrassing; awkward

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contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

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