jpdb beta

mysterious power of words to alter reality

1

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

2

to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts

4

esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic

2

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

6

how many; how old

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

2

intelligence; intellect; brains

1

what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!

1

being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback

2

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

2

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

3

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

3

nose

2

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

1

experiment

1

abuse; misuse; perversion

1

to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from

2

commitment; pledge; promise

2

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

1

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

2

cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

2

mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)

5

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

4

proposal; proposition; suggestion

1

objection

1

walking; going on foot

1

lightly; nimbly

1

tar

2

to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

1

to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

period; term; interval

1

ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

1

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

1

Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri

1

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

1

reigning; controlling; dictating

2

to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

3

in succession; one by one

2

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

4

border zone

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

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