jpdb beta

Omertà

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ceremony; rite; ritual; service

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sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

1

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

2

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

4

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

1

explanation; vindication

1

frequency; number of times; incidence; degree (e.g. temperature); strength (e.g. alcohol, lens, etc.)

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strong drink

1

straight; straightforward; direct; neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee); entering university directly from high school; fast ball

2

decoration; order; medal

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to bring up a subject

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courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)

1

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

4

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

2

ice and snow

6

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

common saying; everyday talk; common parlance

1

false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation

1

Zito

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to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

1

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

hey there; I say; see here

1

in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

1

fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

2

emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect

1

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

2

feelings of guilt

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inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

1

good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

1

every person; each one; everybody

2

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

1

to gain in quantity

3

half the amount (of money); half price; half fare

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fundraising

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traces; evidence

1

buyer

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to govern; to manage; to subdue

2

exposing; unmasking; laying bare

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

3

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

1

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

1

the way back; the way home; return trip

3

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

1

bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

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to shorten one's life

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