jpdb beta

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

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gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

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contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

2

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

2

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

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to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

2

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

3

matter of time; question of time

1

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

1

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

what to do

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

6

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

1

to order; to command; to appoint

3

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

1

direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

3

to yield; to give way to; to make way for

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

4

transactions; dealings; business

2

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

1

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

4

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

2

chance; opportunity

1

much less; to say nothing of

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

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

4

to fear; to be afraid of

3

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

desperation

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

the end

2

symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

1

way of speaking; intimation

1

pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

1

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

forced; compulsory

1

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

1

just as one thought; as usual; sure enough

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

1

leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)

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