jpdb beta

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

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wave; ups and downs

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circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

4

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

2

piercing (cold); biting (wind)

1

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

3

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

2

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

1

northern cliff

2

oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment

1

crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

1

lack of uniformity; unevenness; inequality; heterogeneous; nonuniform

1

(indoor) heating

2

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

1

timing

1

worst; worst-case (scenario)

1

to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off

1

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

1

to become rounded; to roll into a ball

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

3

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

3

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

1

variation; rogue (something)

1

more than usual

1

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

2

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

1

tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

2

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

1

appetite (for food)

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

3

Tuesday

2

to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

1

as usual; as is one's habit

1

before long

1

to cling

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to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

4

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

4

joke; jest; banter

1

to be away from home; to be out of the house

1

elderly housekeeper; elderly maid; wet nurse; nanny

1

major cleanup; spring cleaning

1

helper; assistant; help

1

traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase

7

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1