jpdb beta

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

6

(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force

3

sheep (Ovis aries)

6

slow; weak-headed

3

tyranny; atrocity

2

hawk; falcon

1

the best; ideal

2

to stamp one's feet

1

to do

1

spurt of blood; spray of blood

2

bloody sword (blade)

11

standing firm; holding out

1

double-edged (e.g. sword blade); double-beveled (e.g. kitchen knife); double-edged blade

3

ghastly; dreadful

2

sword strike; sword slash

8

to reject; to repel

3

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

2

spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

2

to swing back

1

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

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three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly

2

to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence

2

reverberation; echo

2

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

6

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

1

to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

2

to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel; to jostle (with)

3

to give off sparks; to spark; to have a heated argument; to fight fiercely

2

two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)

3

to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute

1

drawn-out (protracted) war or contest

9

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

6

sharp; keen; acute

1

to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death

2

locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition

1

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

1

fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit

2

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

4

anti-

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

5

mutual understanding

1

big; large; great

3

groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

37

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

1

to pierce through; to break through

5

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

2

sequel; second series

1

(being on the) defensive

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

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