jpdb beta

explanatory note

1

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

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to the end; to the last

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smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

2

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

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hair style; coiffure; hairdo

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(written) proposal

4

pointing out; identification

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(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

1

easy to understand

1

adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair

2

story; tale; talk; discussion

2

won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); won't you

1

amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover

3

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

2

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

3

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

2

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

4

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

3

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

2

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

2

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

5

for example; for instance; e.g.

3

plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation

3

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

3

man; male; masculine gender

1

day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by

1

client; requester

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)

1

member; the membership

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

10,000; ten thousand

1

increase; rise; growth; addition; increment

1

world; society; people; the public

1

degree of attention; profile

1

news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

3

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

3

man of the hour; woman of the hour

1

to feel; to sense; to experience

3

well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

1

to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself

1

appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)

1

moon; month

1

two legs; two feet; two pairs

1

to buy more (of something)

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laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

1

as many (people) as possible

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listen!; you see; mind you; remember

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