jpdb beta

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

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to stop talking; to be silent

3

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

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to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with

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splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

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before now; hitherto

1

confession

1

cave; hollow; cavity; hollow

1

to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

1

odd number

1

Monday

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to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

1

reply; answer

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trifling matter; urination; urine

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excuse; explanation

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under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

fragment; one of the group or party

1

capture; seizure

2

eastern gate

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stagecoach

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place for boarding vehicles; bus stop; bus terminal; railway platform; taxi stand; jetty

1

travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

2

manners; courtesy; etiquette

2

something like ...; something called ...

1

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

2

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

1

to ask elsewhere; to try another (store, service, etc.)

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I; me

2

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

2

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

with a start; with a jump

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to push aside; to push one's way through

2

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound

1

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well

1

to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk

1

people; populace; masses

2

main gate; main entrance

2

secret information; intelligence

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bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

3

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

2

treatment (of a person); dealing with

1

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

2

capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

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and; thereupon; because of that

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