jpdb beta

to play a central role; to take a leading part

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example; instance; precedent; custom; habit

1

(how) many times; (how) often

1

to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of

1

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

1

grief; lamentation

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

2

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

1

spiral; helix; screw

1

Baal

1

obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

1

climax

1

direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)

1

perfectly fitting phrase

1

certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

2

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

strong pressure; heavy pressure

1

to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

1

(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge

2

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)

1

firm; strong; solid; stable

1

dependence; reliance

2

depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

3

simplification

1

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

3

observation; survey; watching

1

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

1

camping; campground; making camp

1

to talk together

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

2

main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement

1

final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal

1

how; in what way; by what means

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

1

to choose; to select; to pick (out)

2

victory; triumph; win; conquest; success

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

negative; minus

1

to devise a plan; to work out a plan

1

to reach; to get to

1

casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof

1

to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

3

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

2

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

2

raging stream; rapids

1

decider; person who decides; decisive factor; clincher; key

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