jpdb beta

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

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upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person

1

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

1

to cross the line; to go too far

1

to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

3

remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere

1

leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar

2

marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

1

whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

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to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

3

miscalculation

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

2

country girl

2

vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit

1

to keep standing

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family; relatives; dependents; household

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

sweet flavour; sweet flavor; flattery; stupidity

2

somewhat strong; fairly strong; fairly firm

1

to pretend; to feign

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truth serum; truth drug

3

blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand

1

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

2

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated

1

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

1

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

1

(drinking) in big gulps

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

1

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

1

ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

1

resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)

2

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

1

detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison

1

thirteen; 13; king

1

-ish; -like

2

to guess right

1

tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length

1

to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)

1

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

to dirty one's hands

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

3

dirty work; unpleasant task

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to care for someone; to look after someone

1

retirement

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