jpdb beta

as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie

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example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

2

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

rather than (do ...)

1

to one's heart's content or satisfaction

1

perpetual youth and longevity; immortality

1

return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)

1

oneself; myself

1

perennial youth; eternal youth

1

to distribute; to hand out

1

inconvenient

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bull's-eye; the mark

1

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

1

to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started

1

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

1

generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal

1

minor power

1

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

1

to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

1

adverse circumstances; unfortunate situation; adversity

1

to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out

1

mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

2

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

to rescue; to free

1

to keep silent

1

to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)

1

scrap of cloth; odds and ends

1

ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing

1

to be covertly swapped; to be replaced (e.g. with a counterfeit)

1

reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience

2

to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down

1

extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off

1

thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.

1

hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible

1

with a click; with a snap

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instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

1

to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

in large drops

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to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

4

crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

to anticipate; to foresee

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that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

fatal; lethal

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit

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