jpdb beta

to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

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bitter enemy

3

unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

2

white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); (spoken) line (in a play, film, etc.); one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; Belgium

1

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

7

Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type

2

chief; head; leader

1

accident; emergency; calamity

1

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

2

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1

to shoot dead; to shoot to death

3

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

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

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to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

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one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

2

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

1

feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression

3

memory; sense; experience

3

tension; strain

4

to gaze out at; to look out over

2

inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)

4

to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

3

thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time

2

(not) even once; (not) ever

2

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

2

first step

1

obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check

1

desire for revenge; vengeful thoughts

2

to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

1

warm heart; kindliness

2

our

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rival; enemy

1

freely; frankly; without reserve

2

both (people); the two of them

2

to collide; to clash

1

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

4

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

2

standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose

1

to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate

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cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

2

to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death

1

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

5

pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

1

tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

3

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

2

so what!; who gives a damn?

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