jpdb beta

moron; idiot; stupid person

1

divine punishment; wrath of God; justice of heaven; suitable punishment; just deserts; come-uppance

2

to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out

1

sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy

1

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

4

way of asking; way of listening; listener

2

alone; unaided; away from home

3

wariness

2

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

6

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

3

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton

1

the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way

3

expression; phraseology

1

from here; from this place

3

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

in order; in turn; one by one

2

(deeply held) resentment

6

to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)

1

digression

1

mixed; mingled

1

secret; mystery

3

inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)

1

food

4

manservant

4

wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line

1

to be too late; to be too slow

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

2

does not match (one's, its) appearance

1

irritation; annoyance; frustration

6

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

4

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

to constrict one's chest; to wring one's heart; to wrench one's heart

2

the whole day; all the day

1

hey; hold on; come on

5

to bail out (water); to scoop out

2

human kindness; human weakness

1

contrived; false-sounding

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

1

opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

back gate

1

visitor; caller

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

4

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

2

humming a tune; humming unconcernedly

1

bakery; baker; pastry shop

3

storefront; shopfront

4

colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm

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