jpdb beta

to have the nerve to

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brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

4

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

3

dull sound; muffled sound

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

4

wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

1

breath; breathing; tone; mood

2

this much; this amount

1

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

2

we; us; I; me

1

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

1

sense of humiliation

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overwhelming

2

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

1

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

1

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

2

to vomit; to spit out

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

to be within others' sight; to be visible; to be conspicuous; to attract public attention; to come under observation

1

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

1

to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

1

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

2

private property; personal belongings; personal effects

1

to smash to pieces

2

to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged

2

proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment

5

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

1

way; method; means

2

to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken

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reliance; dependence

3

one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common

1

to take out; to drag out

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

1

poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic

1

to tear off; to rip off; to peel off

1

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

1