jpdb beta

ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

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cripple; disabled person; invalid

1

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

1

military man

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apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

1

to happen to have on hand or in stock

2

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

3

to want; to desire

1

to pour on

4

to be in a fit (of anger); to rage

1

treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

ridiculous; odd

1

battle; fight; combat

2

personnel selection

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fresh (e.g. fish); lively; spirited; animated

1

strong person; the strong; the powerful

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attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

1

no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

to remain; to be left

3

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

to make narrow

2

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

2

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

1

since some time ago; for quite a while; already

1

to cross one's mind; to be reminded

1

to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (arch.) to ascertain; (arch.) to make definite

1

trivial; trifling

1

sentiment; sentimentality

1

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

1

violent emotion; passion; fury

3

gust (of wind); blast

1

to fall on one's backside

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

2

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

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

threat; intimidation; menace

1

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

1

sunlight filtering through trees

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

grey; gray; ashen

1

to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

2

breathing of a sleeping person

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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