jpdb beta

to cut at; to slash at

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rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

2

powerless; helpless; incompetent

1

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

2

strong; intense; severe

3

just above; right overhead

2

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

3

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

2

blunder; bungle; clumsiness

2

lamb

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

3

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

1

oral; in the mouth

4

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left

1

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

1

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

1

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

2

water vapour; water vapor; steam

1

to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel

1

hind foot; hind-legs

2

left foot; left leg

1

wild boar; wild pig

1

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

1

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

2

to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open

1

hair's breadth

1

chaps; skin fissure

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

3

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath

1

lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

3

to vomit; to spit out

1

labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea

1

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

5

there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over

1

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

desperate; hopeless

2

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

2

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

3

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

arrow; wedge; chock

2