jpdb beta

was

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sewing; needlework

1

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

3

everyday life; daily life

2

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

5

mother

3

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

2

cook; chef

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

6

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

4

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

tailor; dressmaker

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

8

scholar

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

2

judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

2

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

8

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

12

to stay (at); to stop (at)

1

soldier

1

person

29

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

7

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

4

axe; ax; hatchet

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

5

second (in a series)

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

9

comparison

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

3

frequency of use

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

1

loving something but being very bad at it

1

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

6

rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded

1

fire; flame; blaze

3

Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)

5

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

13

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

6

university or college offering four-year programs; the big four ...; the four major ...

5

holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity

10

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

1

darkness

1

six; 6

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

classification; categorization; sorting

3

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

5

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

3

high praise; great admiration; rave reviews

1