jpdb beta

to chase; to run after; to pursue

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both hands; both arms; ten

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to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

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to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

4

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

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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)

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

3

quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined

1

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

5

to whistle

2

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

1

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

1

action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior

2

to finish; to graduate

3

impatience

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soldier

2

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

2

commanding officer

2

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

2

samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight

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title; name; degree

1

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

2

influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

searching for the enemy

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

2

team

1

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

4

to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

7

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

5

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

4

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

4

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

1

reason; pretext; motive

3

to wield a spear

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to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

2

offense and defense; offence and defence

2

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

1

difference; variation; difference

3

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

1

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

1

to make a serious effort

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

to be prolonged; to drag on

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