jpdb beta

motive; incentive; motif

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heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

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to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand

1

however; having said that; but

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straw

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eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

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halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

2

leader; authority; mainstay

1

curt; blunt; brusque

1

interference; meddling; butting in

2

physical strength

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as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

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change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

1

rice bran

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how many; how old

1

snot-nosed kid

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child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child

1

to backbite

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face contorted and about to cry

1

infant; baby; little child

1

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

1

having the qualities of a leader

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to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk

1

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

1

(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

1

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied

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to give a broad grin; to smirk

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thumb; big toe

2

grateful; indebted

1

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

2

crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight

1

under the wing (esp. of an aircraft); under one's wing; under one's control

1

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

1

to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten

2

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

1

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

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I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

street fighting; urban warfare

3

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

2

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

1

suitable; satisfactory; desirable

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escort (e.g. under guard); convoy

2

to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent

1

(at the) last moment; (in the) nick of time

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to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

1

organization; organisation; forming

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