jpdb beta

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed

1

signs; omen; symptoms

1

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

4

any number of times

2

lips

14

what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

4

to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind

2

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

2

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

2

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

2

to run away; to run off

1

south

1

how many years; how long; what year

2

many thousands

1

to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)

1

minimum; lowest; minimal; least

2

good (condition); going well; fine; smooth

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

1

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

2

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

4

standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

1

anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety

1

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

3

generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality

2

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

3

to grieve and moan

1

suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action

3

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

3

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

1

valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement

2

crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching

3

cares; ill feeling; reserve

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

10

bull's-eye; the mark

3

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

4

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

2

normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type

3

parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

2

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

5

take the opportunity to (do something else)

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

2

to sell over to

1

self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial

1

sense of responsibility

2

very; much; greatly; a lot of

1

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

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