jpdb beta

how; in what way; circumstances

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to declare impressively

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to recover consciousness; to come to

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shooting to death

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petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief

1

sad; wretched; deplorable

1

fighting spirit

3

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

3

common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling

1

suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

1

ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

2

to jump into; to rush into

1

mass

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old cloth; rag

1

luckily

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direct hit

3

hit; strike; blow

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crane fly; daddy longlegs (insect of family Tipulidae); a tall, gangly person; string bean

2

all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

storm; windstorm; gale

1

legs and loins

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

1

lamp chimney

1

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

3

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

4

military shoes; combat boots

2

wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person

1

to smash; to break into pieces

1

the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

3

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

1

barricade

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

to lean against; to set against

1

stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

1

to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

2

feeble

3

collar; lapels

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coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

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feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

1

loss; forfeit

1

in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

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