jpdb beta

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing

17

at least; at most; (even) just

3

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

to lose one's life

3

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

3

baseless; groundless

1

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

3

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

2

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

1

say; well; um; er

2

both people; two people; two directions; both directions

2

(doing) as one is told

2

bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

2

as one had hoped; as one wishes

1

retort; back talk; backchat

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

3

to turn one's face away

1

to become serious; to take something seriously (e.g. a joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (esp. at something trivial); to get worked up

2

to raise (one's voice)

1

obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check

2

spark

5

the place for; the time for; the level of

3

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

2

yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?

5

to know (someone); to think; to believe

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

1

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

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

1

be; is

1

professor; teaching; instruction

2

to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

1

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

1

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

1

to twist; to wrench; to twist (a body part); to bend; to strangle (to death); to wring (an animal's neck); to defeat easily

2

as you know; as we know

2

charm; incantation; spell; magic formula

2

(person who has the) hands of God; master; virtuoso

1

precisely because

4

means; method

2

veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced

1

even if I told you

1

1,000; one thousand

2

10,000; ten thousand; 10^4

2

it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as

2

historic; historical

1