jpdb beta

heavy machinery; heavy equipment; heavy machine gun

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both shoulders

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being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

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nuance

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snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

3

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

2

advance; moving forward; progress

2

change of course

1

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

2

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

1

to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

1

forked tree; forked branch

1

path of retreat

1

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

1

hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

stitch

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divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off

2

tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

1

to beat; to gain a point; to upset

1

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

1

sense of security

1

to be worn down; to be reduced

1

decision; determination

4

should not; must not

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

1

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

4

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

4

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

2

taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting

1

uneasy

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monster

3

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

to have a good idea; to be able to predict

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

2

copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy

1

date and time

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robbery; robbery case; burglary

3

relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance

2

to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation

1

mirror

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to leave this world; to die

3

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

2

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

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