jpdb beta

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball

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back (of a chair); backrest

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one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position

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to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

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that is to say; so that means

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harassment; pestering

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means; way; method; measure

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rather; better; instead; if anything

2

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

2

control

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theory

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to some extent; to a certain extent

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occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

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principle; theory; fundamental truth

3

the very thing; itself

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astral

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separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

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elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

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one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

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resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

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to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)

3

established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation

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(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

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main cause; primary factor

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coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

2

assembly; aggregation

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

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to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

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simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

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pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)

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Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore

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interference; intervention; meddling

2

to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend

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use; utilization; utilisation; application

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whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

2

plan; design; layout

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nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

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equipment; device; installation; stage setting

3

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

special; particular; peculiar; unique

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from out of nowhere; from who knows where

3

to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

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off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

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harassment; pestering

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reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

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reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

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