jpdb beta

slack; looseness; play

1

very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

1

to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)

1

pattern; design

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

percent; percentage

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

very great; enormous; serious

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

to make one's own; to take possession of

1

(lamp) wick

2

to burn; to get fired up

2

to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear

2

capitulation; surrender; submission; yield

2

advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation

2

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

1

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)

1

being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation

1

controlling power

1

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

moment to quit; way to quit

2

to speak the truth

1

grip of a gun

1

to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

1

funeral

1

fate; destiny; lot

1

negative; contradictory

1

to mark the end; to spell the end

3

absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer

1

to decide (e.g. an outcome); to dictate; to determine

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

nihilistic

1

to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

foolish; stupid; silly

3

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

3

gunpowder smoke

1

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

1

trachea

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