jpdb beta

to press down; to hold down; to pin down

1

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

3

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

revenge

1

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

3

skill; dexterity; master hand

2

convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

himself; he himself

1

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

1

tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

1

adaptation; accommodation; conformity

1

to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess

1

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

1

friendly army; friendly troops; allied army

1

to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to

1

to be talented; to be able

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

1

to beat to death; to kill

2

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

1

to take by surprise

1

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

time passes

1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

1

brink; critical moment

1

aging; wearing out; deterioration

1

destruction; collapse; crumbling

1

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

to trust to luck

1

prospects of victory; chances of success

1

to strain or exert oneself; to go all out

1

to bring back; to restore

1

success; hit

1

sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency

1

food

5

to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes

2

decision; determination; resolution

1

(a) glance; (a) look

1

self-deprecating; self-mocking

1

appearance; outward show

1

beer

1

cask; barrel

1

calvaria; area at top of head; parietal

1

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

1

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

1

wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue

1