jpdb beta

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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at a glance; by accident

4

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

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event

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(very) beginning; start

1

opening fully; full throttle; full power

2

to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

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bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

2

tone (of voice); manner of talking

5

to rebuke; to scold harshly

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

2

sweet voice; seductive voice

2

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

4

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

4

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

2

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

7

inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience

1

exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous

2

boiled and half-dried bonito

2

insufficient study

1

to rack one's brains

2

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

5

to hesitate to say

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to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

4

difficult

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yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

2

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

2

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

1

hell

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several times; once or twice

1

to say no more; to sink into silence

2

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

1

later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant

1

before long; even now

3

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

6

decision; determination

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to the last; persistency; thoroughness

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

1

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

3

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

1

minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)

1

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

3

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

spoon

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to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

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