jpdb beta

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

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house; one's house; one's home; one's family

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craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom

1

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

if it's the case

1

nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

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not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

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retention; maintenance; preservation

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killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

1

reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness

1

horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter

1

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

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clearing one's throat; cough

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to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

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easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

1

middle of the night; dead of night; midnight

1

dry riverbed; river beach

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watch-keeping; guard; lookout

2

splish-splash; with a splash

1

sound of water

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ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

who; what kind of person

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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(some) more; even more; longer; further

2

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

4

to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get

3

late at night

1

intruder; trespasser

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to be bewildered; to be perplexed

2

to push aside; to push one's way through

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

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to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

2

river surface; surface of a river

1

to walk

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figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

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dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

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upper reaches of a river; upstream

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challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity

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suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)

1

to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time

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to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

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war preparation

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to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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