jpdb beta

just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

2

looter; plunderer; pillager; marauder

4

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

3

feeling; sensation; mood

1

calmly; coolly; primly

1

to be left lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to be abandoned by one's supporters; to have the rug pulled from under one; (lit.) to have the ladder pulled out from under one

1

to become completely chilled

1

to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)

1

to take out; to drag out

1

to show each other

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in that way; like that; that way

2

bold; daring; audacious

1

change of course

1

to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together

1

usual state of things

2

wishful thinking

1

to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour

1

beast; brute; animal

2

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

small animal

1

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

blighted love; disappointed love

1

relation; connection

1

to concern; to be related

1

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

2

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

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

3

whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical

1

support; backing; patronage

3

deep in the forest

1

flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

1

to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off

1

space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings

1

maidservant

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge

3

to throw at; to turn; to raise

4

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness

9

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

1

very young; little; childish; immature

6

in those days

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childhood

1

on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

1

boy; son; baby boy; young man

4

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth

2

to talk; to carry meaning

3

eloquence; fluency (of speech)

2

after that (a substantive change occurred)

1

to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother

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