jpdb beta

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

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to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

1

supply; provision; raising; procurement

1

existing

1

still; as yet; as of old

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

man power

1

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

1

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

3

absolutely necessary

1

beyond one's control; nothing one can do

1

success or failure; outcome; result

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

1

to threaten; to make threats

1

intimate; close

1

to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up

1

strong person; the strong; the powerful

2

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

3

haughty; arrogant; supercilious

1

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

8

saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

1

as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all

1

to be (doing)

1

to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

1

to give a reason

1

to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels

2

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

hostage

5

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

1

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

1

is something that; is that which

4

modus operandi; criminal technique; trick

1

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1

strike (i.e. industrial action)

1

work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant

1

potage (thick soup)

1

to pretend; to feign

2

cone; corn

1

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

saudade

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

1

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

1

to open one's eyes wide

5

fair and square; open and aboveboard

2

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

1

malicious (at heart); spiteful; wicked

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

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