jpdb beta

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

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depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

2

godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

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gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

1

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case

3

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

1

young priest; scamp

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

1

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

1

wheat bran

3

coming; going

1

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour

1

to glare at each other; to confront each other

2

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

5

sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease

1

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

2

retirement

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

3

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

4

such; like that; that sort of; very

1

pair; the two; both persons; both things

4

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

1

both people; two people; two directions; both directions

1

thanks; gratitude

2

to be

2

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

1

painful; being sorry; feeling sorry

2

meeting; assembly; association; conjunction

5

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

2

pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness

8

to change

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

2

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

1

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

1

settlement; solution; resolution

3

to take on a role; to take part

1

original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

4

power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour

1

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

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to speak; to say; to vocalize

2

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

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toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

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