jpdb beta

to grow old; to age

1

heavy-footed; slow of foot; reluctant; disinclined; unwilling

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

talk about various topics

1

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

foolishly; stupidly

1

fluke; chance; pure luck

2

reward; prize

3

hostile party; enemy side

1

to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch

1

political strife

3

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

2

rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

2

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

3

report; notification; registration

3

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

2

to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession

1

edict; public announcement

1

looking or acting as if one owned the place

1

conservatives

5

reform; renovation

1

reformist

2

radical faction or group

3

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

compromise; giving in

1

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

3

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

2

quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate

1

(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction

1

having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless

1

to help out of (trouble); to extricate

3

one's regular tradesman

1

favour; favor; patronage

2

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

merely for form's sake

2

with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...

1

to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of

2

manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

1

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

2

skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)

1

once; one time; exclusively; only; alone

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

to cool down one's anger

1

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

1

to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up

1

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

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