jpdb beta

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

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to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

1

how; in what way; by what means

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to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

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to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

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flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

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to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

4

left back (corner, etc.); on the left and at the rear; left-hand side and at the back

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barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

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to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

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inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

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lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

1

path; lane

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to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)

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legs and loins

2

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

3

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

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to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

2

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

1

to sniff; to smell

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visual confirmation; sighting

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big tree

4

full speed

1

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

1

reopening; resumption; restarting

1

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

1

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

3

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

to thrust into; to shove into; to push into; to drive into

1

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

2

to drag out

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to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

2

with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

1

to rise; to erect; to get up

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

1

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

each time

3

the smell of blood

1

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

2

suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

2

to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

1

to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)

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direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

2

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

2

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

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