jpdb beta

chuckle; giggle

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stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering

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to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

2

to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed

1

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

1

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

1

psychological trauma

1

to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)

1

bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

1

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

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(early) childhood

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that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

5

to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

1

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

1

who the heck; just who

1

to be dispersed; to get separated

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

2

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

1

vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent

2

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

1

rubbing (someone) the wrong way; irritating (someone)

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2

few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

concreteness; feasibility

1

contradiction; inconsistency

1

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

2

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

2

fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

1

rather; better

1

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

1

to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice

1

catching flies; fly-catcher; flytrap; jumping spider

1

newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers

1

light trap (for killing insects)

1

to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

1

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing

2

to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow

1

to gush out

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trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

2

cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK

2

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

2

limit; bounds

1

finally; at last; in the end; ultimately

4

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

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