jpdb beta

empty threat; bluff; paper tiger

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

manners; courtesy; etiquette

1

help; assistance; service

1

to assist; to help out

3

to keep a promise; to keep one's word

1

highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme

1

and then; after that

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to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

2

anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

1

to be in one's debt

1

resignation (from a position)

1

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

1

leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

4

top news; front-page news; lead story

1

press conference; news conference

3

to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)

1

to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces

2

groundless; entirely contrary to fact

1

denial; negation; negation; NOT operation

1

political life

1

uproar; disturbance

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

1

false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back

1

report; information

1

under investigation

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

3

(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all

1

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

in front of a station

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion

1

fresh

1

no comment

1

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

two minutes

2

directly opposite; right in front

1

troublesome; bothersome

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

1

coffee lounge; coffee shop; cafe

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict

1

aura

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