jpdb beta

(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush

2

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

2

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

to hold fast; to protect to the end

2

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

1

decision; determination

2

should do; ought to do

1

nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

1

to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)

1

trivial; slight

3

to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

6

resignation; acceptance; consolation

2

contradiction

1

to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled

1

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

2

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

4

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

2

glove; mitten; mitt

10

mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

2

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

1

armed struggle

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

1

very; much

4

radical party; extremists

1

outward appearance; apparent

1

hope; white hope; person of promise

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

paper-thin (difference)

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

8

to incur someone's enmity

1

affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

1

leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level

1

to be of use (service)

1

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

1

insanity; an insane person

1

confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

2

enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm

1

desperation; struggle to the death

1

two groups; two bands

2

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

2

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

1

principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me

1

to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate

1