jpdb beta

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

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pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

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defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable

3

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

3

to look upward

1

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

1

shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place

1

to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

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triangle

2

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

2

Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy

1

whole story; full picture; full particulars

1

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

2

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

1

area; domain; territory; field; range; region

2

to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)

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arch; home run

2

rainbow

5

obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum

2

dead of night; midnight

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

1

planetarium

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in that way; like that; that way

3

variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse

1

(a) few; some; several

4

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

sunlight

1

phenomenon

3

solar wind

1

interior; inside; internal

3

supply; provision

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fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

1

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

4

cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull

6

instead; but (on the other hand)

2

summer

3

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

3

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

1

to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)

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meteor; shooting star; falling star

2

ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance

2

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

2

listening closely

2

feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly

1

to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

8

taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction

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to bring someone along

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with a splash; with a splosh

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face (of person)

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