jpdb beta

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

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(lesson in) tough love

2

to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face

1

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

2

discipline; training; teaching manners

1

concrete example

1

neglect

1

child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting

2

flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming

1

dignity; quality; grace; panache; level

1

truth

1

baseball club (at a university, corporation, etc.); baseball team

1

to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

1

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

3

population explosion

1

irrational (line of) argument

1

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

1

zero-sum game

1

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

2

dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

1

main purpose; primary objective

1

number; amount

2

thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide

1

planned; scheduled; systematic

1

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

2

honest mistake

1

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

removal; getting rid of

1

unimportant details; inessentials

1

pruning; trimming

1

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

bonsai; miniature potted plant

1

endangered species

2

increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation

1

total (number); count

1

being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing

2

to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)

1

to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

2

mockery by means of excessive praise; damning with lavish praise; backhanded compliment

1

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

1

to smile

2

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

paradox

2

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

1

to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)

1

innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

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to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

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ethical

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