jpdb beta

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

3

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

1

army corps; corps

5

nine; 9

1

water's edge; beach; shore

2

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

2

reheating (food); rebaking; remaking (a story); adapting; rehashing

1

copy and paste

1

cut and paste

1

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

motor

1

to burn

1

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

1

betrayal; infidelity

2

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

1

to make merry; to be festive

1

strong wind; high wind; moderate gale

1

to rebuild; to reconstruct

2

grains of sand

1

restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution

2

one grain; one drop; one bead

2

spite; frustration; vexation

1

fit of anger

1

brazenly; shamelessly; alternating wins and losses (every other day); (arch.) stupidly; (arch.) cluelessly; (arch.) slipping away secretly

2

catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

1

if you insist

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)

1

prevention; check

1

with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively

1

bashful; shameful; ashamed

3

to join forces; to cooperate

1

kitten; small cat

1

strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff

1

light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart

1

glib; smooth-talking; silver-tongued

1

resentment; indignation; anger

1

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

1

to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

1

inferiority; recessiveness; recessive

3

beloved; dearest

2

showing no sign of; not giving the slightest indication of; saying nothing at all about; not breathing a word of

2

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

7

to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to sugarcoat; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper

1

patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

3

boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf

2

outside one's field; out of one's line; (sibling) from a different mother

1

intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous

2

unreasonable; naughty

1

next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other

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