jpdb beta

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

1

personal; individual; private

1

one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

2

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

1

all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain

1

substitute

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback

1

historical; traditional; historic

1

viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side

1

clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance

1

to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

1

cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

1

supply; provision; raising; procurement

1

one's say; one's point; one's case; complaint; objection; grievance

1

reason; logic; sense; truth; right

1

please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

1

landlord; landlady

1

objection; dissent; protest

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger

1

help; assistance; service

1

sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

2

(animal) collar; necklace; choker

1

(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

1

shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears

1

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

1

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

1

rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via

1

older; senior

2

coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person

1

(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character

2

prison; detention house; detention center; jail

2

to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for

1

stripping (of rights, rank, etc.); deprivation; forfeit; revocation; divestiture

1

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

contest; competition; struggle; scramble

2

bad-tempered

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

1

playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness

1

as rumored; as rumoured

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talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting

1

having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose

1

Solis

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person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

4

brute; savage; fiend

1

faking crying; crocodile tears

1

to distinguish oneself; to stand out

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to shed tears

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