jpdb beta

to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels

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flash (of light); glint; schiller

1

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

1

pale; pallid; bluish-white

2

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

2

to flare up; to burst into flames

1

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

5

blow; shock; strike; batting

1

to bring back; to restore

2

to raise one's voice; to shout

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

2

hereabouts; around here

1

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

fastener; zipper

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

1

gross; disgusting

1

book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

1

to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout

1

nosebleed

3

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

2

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

2

birthmark; nevus; bruise

3

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

1

antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution

4

keeping things tidy and in order

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

1

chaos

1

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

1

slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

cotton; cotton pads (usu. in amenity set); cotton buds

3

to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

1

moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

2

other people; others

1

worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

1

Val

3

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

1

behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

silently (as the grave); quietly (as in death)

1

manyfold

1

to take out; to drag out

2

digital versatile disc; DVD

1

tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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