jpdb beta

to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate

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to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

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(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

2

to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)

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new style

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to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

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report to a superior

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straw

3

to hear of; to learn of

3

to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit

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glutton

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to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

2

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

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larva; larvae

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adult

5

I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

2

investigator; examiner

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the right person in the right place

2

changing assignments

2

you (plural); all of you; you all

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each house; every house; many houses

5

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

7

honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish

3

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

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disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

3

to be manageable; to be able to handle

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karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper

3

contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching

4

one-way traffic; one-way (e.g. communication); one-sided

2

to take a class

2

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

2

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (of light); convergence

5

becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality

2

house; dwelling; human habitation

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access road; access route; entrance ramp (onto a highway); on-ramp; approach path

3

population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals

1

secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening

2

comfortably; peacefully; freely; (growing) quickly

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recovery; return to form; regaining one's (usual) form; demodulation

2

leaving something where it is; abandoning something

1

to glare at; to scowl at

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pupil and (dark) iris of the eye

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relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

2

muzzle; snout

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bookbinding; binding (a book)

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bulky; unwieldy; haughty; high-handed

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incubation; hatching

2

along; parallel to; in accordance with

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aftertaste

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overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot

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