jpdb beta

to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent

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shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

2

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...

1

knowledge and action; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege

1

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption

2

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

1

referee

1

to flare up; to fly into a rage

1

to frown; to scowl

3

dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

1

several seconds

2

ridiculous; odd

2

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

1

to look stupid; to have a critical lack

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

1

to break the silence; to break one's silence

1

cool down

2

what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way

2

indicates emphasis

6

earnestly; immediately; exactly

1

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

3

tin plate

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

1

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

1

to have meaning; to be meaningful

1

detailed; minute

1

pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant

1

frill

1

to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true

2

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

2

assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise

1

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

1

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

1

isn't it; right?; you know?

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

person

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go on!; right!; here goes!

1

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

1

second half; latter half

1

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

to hesitate to say

1

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

3

half step; half a step

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

to look upward

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1