jpdb beta

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

4

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

7

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

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple

2

teary eyes

1

in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

1

what

1

to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

4

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

1

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

1

ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck

1

good humour (humor); good mood

1

siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement

2

internal; domestic

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to leave behind

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to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

1

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

4

allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)

2

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

4

this much; this amount

3

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

4

cavalry; cavalryman; trooper

6

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for

1

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

5

as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

3

to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for

1

proceeding south

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proceeding east

1

back (of body)

2

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

2

impatience

1

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

1

to shout with exultation; to shout for joy

1

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

1

before now; hitherto

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

2

policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer those nearby

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

2

hostility; antagonism; opposition

2

state of the war; war situation

2

break in the deadlock

1

negotiations; discussions; connection

2

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

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