jpdb beta

leaving a club; quitting a club

4

magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number

1

address (on envelope, etc.); addressee

1

to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame

2

difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

2

to accept; to receive; to agree

6

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

9

young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice

1

pale; bloodless

2

sun; sunshine; sunlight

2

(the thing) itself

2

test of strength

1

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

2

to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)

1

my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!

4

sacrifice bunt

1

sacrifice fly

1

to triumph; to be elated with success

2

to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

1

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

5

work; operation; task

1

sincere; earnest; serious

7

to straighten oneself

1

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

7

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

1

to express (in words); to confess

2

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

1

five (long cylindrical things)

1

egoistic; self-centered; selfish

1

selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity

5

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final

5

depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...

1

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

1

subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental

1

slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

3

to approach; to draw near

2

gravel; ballast; pebbles

2

to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...

1

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

1

space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

1

to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again

1

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

2

as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree

1

many years; a long time

1

question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

delight; great joy

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