jpdb beta

calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2)

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proposal; motion; recommendation

1

root; basis; foundation

3

to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on

1

to throw into

4

entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings

2

to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

1

secretarial office

1

eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

lunatic; madman

1

to investigate; to examine

2

disguise; masquerade

4

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip

5

warrant; summons; written order

2

honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity

4

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

3

compensation; amends; redeeming feature

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

2

leading question

1

every time; each round

1

numbering; numbering machine

3

one knee

4

turmoil; chaos; confusion

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

6

seeing someone off and later welcoming them back; taking someone to and fro

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

2

uproar; disturbance

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sentence structure; grammatical construction; syntax

2

business

3

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

3

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

2

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

4

enlargement; increase

1

promotion

1

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

4

one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position

3

broad-minded

1

remarkable; striking; obvious

2

harmless

1

color film (colour)

1

monochrome

3

on Earth; on the earth

3

to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)

6

parking

2

Carmen (novel by Prosper Mérimée, opera by Georges Bizet)

1

bullfighter; matador

1

entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season

1

lion (Panthera leo)

2

Chinese cooking; Chinese food

2

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument

1