jpdb beta

with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

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to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

3

even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier

3

to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along

1

to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

1

return; coming back

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to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

2

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

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to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

2

foolish; stupid; silly

1

diving; submerging; going underwater

3

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

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to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

1

to have no chance (of succeeding)

2

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

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real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

2

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

2

stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan; project

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

2

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

end of war; cessation of hostilities

1

within eyeshot; within sight; in view

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical

2

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

1

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

1

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

3

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

2

to understand each other

3

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

4

word game; wordplay; playing with words

1

to understand; to appreciate; to interpret

1

society; public; community; social studies

2

desire; appetite; lust

2

preference; priority; precedence; right of way

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

1

another person; others

3

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

1

the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong

1

loud; sonorous; ringing

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universal; general; ubiquitous; omnipresent

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displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

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