jpdb beta

self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

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to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

1

without a moment's delay

1

to aim at

3

the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

blow; hit; stroke

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

1

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

1

metallic sound; metallic clank

1

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

5

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

1

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

4

silence; stillness; quietness

1

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

win; victory

1

cheer; shout of joy

3

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

3

there is nothing

5

way (of doing); manner; method; means

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

6

opposite side; opposition

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

1

to stand stock still

1

to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself

1

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

3

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

2

to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

1

receiving (from a superior); bestowed

1

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

6

audience; spectator; spectators

2

to give a round of applause; to applaud

1

to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

1

not caring; not giving a damn

1

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

3

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

to hold one's breath

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to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

2

to grimace; to make a wry face

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