jpdb beta

self; oneself

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self-protection

1

antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

2

to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

3

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

1

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

8

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

1

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

2

faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling

1

(social) position; status

2

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

1

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

4

to cut corners; to be shoddy

2

dominion; territory; possession

8

overestimation; overvaluing

1

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

1

generation; the world; the age

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

4

please look at it

1

world; society; people; the public

1

threat; menace

4

to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish

1

to surge; to well up; to gush out

3

heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays

1

trace; vestige; evidence

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

2

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

3

getting carried away; going too far; overdoing

1

outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious

1

(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

1

extremely delighted

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

3

to think too much; to be over-concerned

2

beam

4

to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

1

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

annoying; noisy; strict

1

trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

2

to thank

1

this occasion; at this time; now

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

1

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

2

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

1

bow (salute, greeting)

4

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

peerage; court rank

2

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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