jpdb beta

hegemony

1

to bite each other; to fit together; to mutually encroach; to eat together

1

although

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fateful; predestined

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

rather than (do ...)

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to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

1

fall; drop; descent; coming down

2

impulse; impetus; urge

1

ultimate; final; last; eventual

1

desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

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

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

separation; farewell; parting

1

sense of security

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to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last

1

floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)

1

stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded

1

from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth

1

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure

1

rumbling; (ringing) cadence

4

creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

burying alive

1

a help; assistance

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

1

to need; to require; to take; to demand

1

capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp

1

to abandon; to give up on; to desert

1

visual confirmation; sighting

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

1

improved version; revised edition; refinement

1

at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

1

to be the ruin of (a person)

1

debris

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cries of pain

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to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

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beloved; dearest

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nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

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grip (of hand); grip strength

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offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff

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pain; agony; bitterness

2

young girl; lass; adolescent female

2

to tighten; to press hard

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hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)

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