jpdb beta

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

1

tough

1

crossing a river

1

Italian food; Italian cooking

1

kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar

1

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

1

department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family

1

zucchini; courgette

1

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

1

answer; solution

2

fair; fare; fear

1

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

1

mass communication; mass media

2

thereafter; after doing that; followed by

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the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est

1

ruin; destruction; fall

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

2

to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

looking depressed; long face

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race

2

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)

1

overanxiety; needless worry

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doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious

1

be on your guard!; take care!

4

traditional; conventional

1

on bad terms; at loggerheads

2

gist; main point

2

founder

1

bell (often globular)

1

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

2

importance; emphasis; stress

1

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

1

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

to bring; to take; to bring about

5

impact of publicity or propaganda

1

precision; accuracy

1

try; attempt; try (rugby)

1

to complement

2

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture

2

to fetch; to go and get

1

in any way; to some extent; even if only a little

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

enlargement; increase

1

golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow

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