jpdb beta

to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

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grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

2

to happen to hear; to overhear

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

19

reply; answer; response

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

4

large amount of money; great cost

4

offer

4

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

2

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

2

denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

2

wherein; therein; thereinto

2

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

should do; ought to do

3

no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

2

to grimace; to frown

4

go that far; to that extent

4

individual; private person; personal; private

1

to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

8

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

8

one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

4

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

4

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

2

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

6

as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably

1

faith; fidelity; loyalty

1

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

1

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

2

gold coin

3

on inquiry; if inquiring

1

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

5

guess; speculation; supposition

2

related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

2

comfortable retirement

1

very; much

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

2

unsigned; unattributed

1

temple (side of head)

1

blood vessel; vein

1

to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate

1

admirably; exquisitely; aptly

1

decision-making

1

that gentleman; that lady; he; she

2

to return; to come back

4

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

1

to lend a hand; to help

2

period; term; interval

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