jpdb beta

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

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just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar

1

hind leg; hind foot

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true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

4

friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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to breathe

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calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

2

conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially

2

this person; he; she

10

to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion

1

sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit

1

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

1

to jar; to creak; to grate

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to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

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(public) peace; stability; tranquility; tranquillity

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lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

2

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

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bounce; bound

2

basketball shoes

3

to be rubbed

2

passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)

2

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

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fist

2

spectator; audience

2

cheer; shout of joy

2

silence; stillness; quietness

3

glory

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the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

2

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

himself; he himself

1

following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

1

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

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and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

3

to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important

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to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

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note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

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great writer; literary master; distinguished author

1

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

1

impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions

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hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

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suicide

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disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn

1

shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock

2

distrust of (other) human beings

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

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