jpdb beta

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

2

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

2

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time

1

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

2

line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)

1

to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

to shine; to glitter; to sparkle

2

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

1

to take advantage of an opportunity

1

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

endurance; persistence

1

the same; the said; likewise

1

two kinds; second-class (e.g. mail)

2

dying; ruining oneself

1

8000; eight thousand; many

2

purple; violet

1

money in one's possession

2

forehead; brow

2

nimble; quick; agile

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

1

negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss

1

tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

1

half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)

2

forced; compulsory

1

unprecedented; never seen before

1

(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant

1

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

2

to achieve success

1

fumbling; groping

1

combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

2

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

1

combo (esp. a small jazz group); combination; set; combo (set of actions performed in sequence)

1

minuteness; one millionth

1

to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

1

stress

1

strict prohibition; ban; interdiction

1

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

1

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

reuse; recycling

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

repair

2

repair; mending

2

cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)

1

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

1

series of battles; successive battles

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

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