jpdb beta

boasting; bragging; talking big

2

to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch

1

military officer; naval officer

3

negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination

1

to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf

1

harsh language

1

advance or retreat; moving forwards or backwards; course of action; behaviour; remaining in one's post or resigning; staying or leaving

1

to understand; to make out

1

this point; now; this late in the game

1

to set someone to work in an arrogant fashion; to push someone around; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber

1

to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)

1

deep-rooted; ingrained

1

coward; wimp

2

general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game

1

daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur

1

implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)

1

dirty work; unpleasant task

1

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

1

to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile (of soil); to be discerning (of one's palate, eye, ear, etc.); to be discriminating; to become rich

1

refutation; rebuttal; retort

1

quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute

3

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

5

inverse proportion

1

empty (e.g. argument); insubstantial; hollow; fruitless

1

sword blade

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

2

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

2

to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)

2

dark side (of nature, town, etc.)

1

one and only; unique

1

appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of

4

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

1

let a hundred schools of thought contend

1

a quarrel; argument

1

clean; clear; pure; honest; clean

2

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

2

(silk) gauze

11

solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately

1

clean; clear; pure; honest; clean

16

time; hour; moment

3

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

1

second coming; second advent

1

training; practice; drilling; honing (one's skills); cultivation (e.g. of knowledge); improvement

1

admirable; laudable

1

sincerity

1

sin; iniquity; crime

2

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

2

perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood

1

spontaneous birth; goblin; monster

1

female fox; vixen; she-fox; woman who deceives men

1