jpdb beta

repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud

2

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

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the way back; the way home; return trip

1

the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

1

to be about to enter (a bath, etc.)

1

all people; everybody

1

(horse-drawn) cab; gharry; fiacre

5

summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

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sending home; repatriation; deportation

1

saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing

3

use fee; rent

1

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

3

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

2

(occurring) in a chain reaction; chain-like; sequential

2

to write in

1

line; queue; procession; matrix

3

friend; acquaintance

2

fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

3

beyond one's means or position

1

to be embarrassed; to lose face

2

mere; simple; sheer

4

relation; connection

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rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul

1

telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism

1

one day; (on) a certain day

2

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

coherence; consistency

1

excuse; pretext

1

bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy

1

long slits (esp. of eyes)

2

swept back hair

1

to impress (someone)

1

clever; bright; sharp; wise; intelligent; sagacious

2

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

6

to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)

7

this occasion; at this time; now

3

invitation

1

depending on; dependent on

2

to be; to come; to go

1

to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

7

giant

5

to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest

1

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

1

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

6

disappointment; let-down

4

as hoped for; as expected

1

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

harassment; pestering

2

old woman; joker (in old maid)

1

even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that

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