jpdb beta

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

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irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

2

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

6

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

1

bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump

1

is not; am not; are not

5

smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation

3

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

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nowhere

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exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

2

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

3

for example; for instance; e.g.

3

or; otherwise

1

light brown; tawny

1

curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

hope; wish; aspiration

5

that's the way it is; such is life

3

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

2

example; illustration; precedent

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

switch

1

to resemble closely

1

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

2

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

2

deadly curse

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real; actual; true

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

3

capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty

4

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

1

royalty and titled nobility

1

threat; menace

1

esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic

2

to catch in the act (of)

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

2

royalty

5

assassination

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because

1

black magic

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trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

4

action; operation; effect; function

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

2

doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

1

witch doctor; shaman

6

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

1

stout heart; strong mind

1

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

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