jpdb beta

going upstream; sailing against the current

2

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling

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desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires

2

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

2

chain; chains

2

to move forward; to move on

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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

4

destination

1

antique shop

1

goods; article; thing

1

oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin

1

charming; fascinating; attractive

1

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

1

trivial; slight

1

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

3

to approach

1

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

1

error; mistake; slip; bug

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

determination; resolution

1

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

1

feel when biting; manner of enunciation

1

molars; back teeth

1

chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

1

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1

older person with more life experience

1

advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

I pray; I wish

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

1

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

4

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

vertical; perpendicular

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

4

to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out

1

rising; ascending; climbing

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

2

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

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