jpdb beta

eyelashes

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to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

2

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

3

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

4

difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency

1

disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

2

particle; grain

1

a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic

2

trivial; not amounting to much

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

2

to be the ruin of (a person)

2

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

6

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

2

lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

4

archery; mapping; map; morphism

2

changing for the better

2

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

1

immediate reply

3

to understand fully; to be convinced; to be satisfied

2

rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky

1

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

3

whispering; whisper; secret talk; sweet talk; sweet nothings; lovers' talk

1

to be jealous; to be envious

2

shock wave

1

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

1

waxing and waning (of the Moon)

1

to sidle up to

4

fire; trace of fire; heat of fire; force of a fire

1

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

2

to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)

2

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

2

to blow off; to be blown off

2

tingling; stinging; pungently

2

to trickle down

1

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

3

pitch dark; total darkness

4

featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth

1

to feel depressed; to be down

2

under the orders of; by order (command)

3

hallucination; illusion

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

1

how many hours?

1

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

silence

1

sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)

3

guidance; guide

1

to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

1

open seam; seam that has come apart; tear

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