jpdb beta

piece

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currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker

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to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

2

joker; joker; funny guy

2

reaction; response; reaction

4

considerably (beyond one's expectations); unexpectedly; surprisingly; contrary to one's expectations

1

stimulating; exciting; provocative

2

last night; yesterday evening

1

to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

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not only

2

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

3

recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

2

staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

1

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

4

impression; strong belief (of the judge); conviction

1

government and municipal offices; public agencies

1

no exception; without exception; always the same

1

den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room

1

interest; rights; concession

1

trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism

1

to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge

2

abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium

1

many years; a long time

1

to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower

1

elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter

2

status; position; method; way; rule; regulation

2

to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

1

disturbance; trouble; ups and downs (e.g. in life); vicissitudes; small and large waves

2

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...

2

aspect; phase; condition; modality

2

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

1

man-eating shark (esp. great white shark)

1

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

1

suspect

1

nine; 9

1

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

2

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue

1

remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers

1

sporadic

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network

3

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

1

unexpected; unforeseen

1

simultaneous; all at once

1

like this; this sort; this way

2

time of emergency; (in an) emergency

2

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

2

secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private

4

to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job

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among (them); of (them)

2

to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)

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