jpdb beta

cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold

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rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)

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erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

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fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling

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you could say; you might say; verging on the

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention

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to suspect

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friend; acquaintance

1

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

3

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial

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what sort; what kind

2

(in) his way; peculiar to him

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(one's) self; oneself

2

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

2

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

6

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

3

way; method; means

2

to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

4

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin

2

to throw down the drain; to waste

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

3

carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually

1

decision; determination

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to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

2

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

2

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you

1

reply; answer

1

makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament

1

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

1

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

1

to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)

1

order; discipline; regularity; system; method

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

to check; to stop; to keep back

1

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

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to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

2

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

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partly open; in half bloom

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earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

3

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

2

strike (i.e. industrial action)

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station building

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