jpdb beta

superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

1

to drink too much

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

4

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

2

to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head

1

to peddle (goods); to hawk

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presence; dignity

2

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

2

last year

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to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

3

tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

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four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold

1

next year

6

poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)

1

to be of no importance

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old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

2

to eat up

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food situation

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

3

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

2

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

empty stomach; hunger

1

I; me

1

these guys; these fellows

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

6

high price

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

to bring someone along

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suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

2

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

each (carrying)

1

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

1

ruin; destruction; fall

2

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

1

suddenly; abruptly; quickly

1

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

to draw back; to leave (the area)

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

1

fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor

1

to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2

repayment

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way; method; means; resource; course

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

5

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

1

to bring back; to restore

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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