jpdb beta

to subsist; to keep on living

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make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer

1

to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward

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strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual

2

eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)

1

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

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to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

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to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open

3

brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

3

heir; inheritor; successor

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security; stability; safety; peace

1

(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)

2

drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

perpetrator

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rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance

1

very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...

1

life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

1

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

1

to put one's hand on; to touch

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to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth

3

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

3

sound of an explosion

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injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

2

the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot

1

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

2

(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown

1

to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

2

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

1

flour; meal; powder; heroin

7

to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

1

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

2

to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)

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languidly; loosely

1

effect; virtue; efficacy; impression

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handcuffs; hand shackles; restrictions; restraints

2

to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to insert (e.g. a cork); to put on (something that envelops; e.g. a ring, gloves); to place (a hoop) around; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to force (into a mold); to entrap

4

chain; chains

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

1

drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained

6

to lean over; to lean in

1

to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

5

big job; great task

1

bright; cheerful; in high spirits; clear (sky); cloudless; sunny

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

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