jpdb beta

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

1

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

2

envy; jealousy

1

(academic) degree

1

Wall Street

2

dividing into four; quartering

1

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

2

ageing; aging; senile deterioration

1

middle class; bourgeoisie

1

slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

1

race

1

to be slow-footed

1

end; close; conclusion; termination

1

advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist

1

way of reciting; way of telling a story

1

good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression

1

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

2

mankind; humanity

6

wisdom; intelligence; sagacity

1

optimistic; hopeful

2

sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent

2

geometric (progression, etc.)

1

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

1

major power; principal countries

1

monetization

2

tax haven

1

tendency; trend; inclination

4

weakening

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

World War III; Third World War

4

small and medium-scale; small or mid-scale

1

to be imminent; to be impending; to be pressing; to be urgent

3

calamity; disaster; accident

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

not care; not caring

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

1

polarisation

1

losers (of society)

1

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by

3

becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up

2

average; ordinary; normal

3

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1

superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)

1

income and expenditure

2

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

3

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

2

being too late; losing one's final chance

3

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

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