jpdb beta

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

4

invitation

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

to drag in; to pull in

1

fast approach; quick intimacy

1

northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis

2

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

1

partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

2

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

2

seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

absolutely; only

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

1

some; several; many; how many; how much; very

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

going straight on; going straight ahead

3

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

3

to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1

heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength

2

this much; this amount

1

purple lightning; flash; swordflash

2

paper-thin (difference)

1

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

2

in all directions

2

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

3

three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; real world; IRL (in real life)

1

means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty

1

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

1

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

3

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

2

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

2

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

2

to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat

1

release; emission; ejection

2

immediately; right away; on the spot

2

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

1

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

timing

5

game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match

1

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

2

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

2

to force back; to jostle

2

to scatter; to spread

4

aha!; yes sir

6

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

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