jpdb beta

bullet; shot; shell

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to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

torrential (rain)

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quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

1

humming a tune (while doing something else)

1

viewing; view; viewpoint

1

quite unconcerned; nonchalant

1

migration; move; emigration; immigration

1

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

1

bitter enemy

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desperate; hopeless

2

chance (of success); odds

2

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)

1

extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out

1

to claim victims; to leave casualties

1

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

1

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

1

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

3

ultimatum

1

to lend an ear to; to listen to

1

convenient

3

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

2

pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting

2

in those days

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to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)

2

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

1

to grasp; to get

1

light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight

1

commander; commanding officer; CO

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independent action; acting alone

1

frequent; incessant

1

straitjacket

2

nothing but; except; no more than

1

brain; brains; mind

1

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

1

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

1

apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer

1

monster

1

small stature

1

opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor

1

damage

3

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

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

1

language

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taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

2

frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge

1

younger sister

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