jpdb beta

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

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good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season

1

left; left hand side

4

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

same family (race, tribe)

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

main question; real issue at hand

1

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

question; query

2

together; at the same time; same; identical

3

incorrect; wrong; incorrect interpretation (answer, solution)

1

miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

2

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

2

from the beginning

4

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

41

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

1

I don't want to boast but

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in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth

2

head; brains; intellect; understanding

2

war; battle; match; game; competition

1

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

2

then; if so; if

1

deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)

2

shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

1

war cry; roar

2

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

7

reaction; response

4

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

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to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

3

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

2

this evening; tonight

3

grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)

3

change; conversion; transformation; transformation

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

2

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

2

nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream

4

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

2

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

2

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition

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