jpdb beta

to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly

2

to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)

4

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

4

poet

1

player (of music, instrument, etc.)

9

stifled (laughter); simmering

3

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

4

joke; jest; banter

9

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

2

insecurity; carelessness

1

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

5

(pet) owner; keeper

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

4

narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable

3

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

2

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

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eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

3

setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

4

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it

2

principle of equality

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

3

selfishness; selfish motive

2

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

2

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

2

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

1

rational

1

unavoidable; inevitable

1

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

3

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

6

strict guard

1

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

1

piling up; multiple layers

2

waking

5

unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned

5

(vocal) volume

2

challenger

1

in good humor (humour)

1

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

10

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

5

expectation; assume will happen; forecast

2

visitor; caller

1

frame; framework; outline

1

to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with

3

Orpheus

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

3

falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)

4

zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

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