jpdb beta

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

to dirty one's hands

2

leader; guide; mentor; coach

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

3

to attract attention

1

intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made

1

erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion

1

description; account

1

second person; second-person address term (e.g. pronoun, personal name, kinship term, title); form of address used for the second person

1

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

1

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

1

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

1

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1

to consign to oblivion

1

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

1

to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

1

obstacle; hurdle

4

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

1

establishment; settlement

1

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

subordinate person

1

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

living thing; organism; creature; biology

1

shooting to death

1

what on Earth is this?

1

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

1

to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger

4

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

1

not taking the slightest notice (of); not giving the slightest consideration (to); paying absolutely no attention (to)

1

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

3

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

2

fool

2

usual state of things

1

charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable

1

despair; hopelessness

2

judgment; judgement; decision; verdict

2

frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair

2

(carved) statue; sculpture

1

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

1

injury; harm; evil influence; damage

1

to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about

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