jpdb beta

Northern Europe; Nordic countries; Scandinavia

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distinguished service; meritorious service

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nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

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treasured sword

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evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

to knock down; to defeat

2

arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour

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claws and fangs; claws and tusks; clutches; devious design; pawn; stooge

1

immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead

4

samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

2

Siegfried

3

entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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one thin flat object; one sheet

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single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

1

suddenly; instantly

1

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

throwaway; disposable; single-use

1

precious; valuable

3

to smash; to crush

3

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

2

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

1

authority; power; influence

2

also called

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taking the initiative

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

2

illustration; drawing

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text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.

1

hardness; stiffness

1

to drop; to let fall; to omit

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entreaty; supplication; petition

2

from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

2

to dress up

2

step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan

1

rebirth; reincarnation

1

to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

1

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

2

to rock; to shake; to swing

1

unheard-of; unprecedented

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to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

1

formal; orthodox; in earnest

1

outsider; layman; amateur

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

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blind obedience

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to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)

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expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

4

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

2

to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

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