jpdb beta

affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving

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poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress

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certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

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pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

2

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

3

at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all

2

sum total; total amount

1

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

1

to explain the situation

3

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

1

threatening words

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dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

2

commencing with; including

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to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

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to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

3

not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word

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I don't give a damn; that's got nothing to do with me

4

to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive

1

loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent

1

married woman; another's wife

2

last year

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master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

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to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

4

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

(one's) concern; having (something) to do with

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

to state one's opinion

1

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

2

to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind

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waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

3

to be ungrateful

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indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

2

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

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three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

2

to overcharge; to rip off

2

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

4

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

1

sixty; 60

1

price; value; cost

1

oral; verbal; spoken; parol

1

to write in

1

deposit; earnest money

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

2

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

1

abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow; making a rod for one's own back

1

to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

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being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery

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payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

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