jpdb beta

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

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mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

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awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

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to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

2

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

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to dissolve; to melt

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in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on

2

with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)

3

superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

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one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

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to hate; to dislike; to loathe

2

long ago; already; a long time ago

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to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

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to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

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ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

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ticklish; embarrassing

2

to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

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protection against cold

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thick cloth

1

weave; weaving; woven item

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woollen fabric; woollen cloth

1

tights; pantyhose

1

velvet

1

hat; cap

1

cape

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fur

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to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

1

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

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adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

1

solid; strong; firm

1

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

1

prevention; check

1

barbed wire

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eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

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crow (Corvus spp.); raven

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nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal

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15; fifteen

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to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

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arrival

5

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

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before the gate; in front of the gate

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to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet

2

body build; figure

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intelligence

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to resemble closely

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