jpdb beta

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

4

way one walks; one's walk

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long time (since the last time); first in a long time

1

to lose sight of; to miss

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to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

2

corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness

5

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

go for it; heave; ugh

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

4

on the way back; returning

1

having not the slightest idea

1

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

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to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

1

evening; dusk; twilight

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characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

3

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

3

being about to cry; the verge of tears

1

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

1

sixty; 60

1

to leave behind

1

extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot

1

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

2

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

4

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

1

-made; make

2

to repack; to refill

1

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

2

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

2

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

5

some; several; many; how many; how much; very

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

low tone; bass; low voice

2

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

1

without permission; without notice

1

asking; enquiring; searching; looking for

1

a moment ago; just now

3

witnessing; observing; sighting

2

desperation; struggle to the death

1

to tell a lie; to fib

4

reconfirmation; double check

1

being startled; getting a shock

2

to bear fruit

1

to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat

1

to pay the bill; to settle an account

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

3

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

5

buyer; purchaser

1

(pet) owner; keeper

1

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

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