jpdb beta

chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

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to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

1

(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

1

to tumble down; to roll down

1

to shed blood

3

to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag

2

aquiline nose; Roman nose; hook nose

2

to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open

2

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

5

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

2

to be talented; to be able

1

common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling

2

group member

1

barely; just; narrowly; with difficulty

1

to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

2

giant

1

excuse; explanation

6

to take care of

1

to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult

1

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

1

prisoner; convict

1

to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil

1

to violate the law

1

not; does not exist

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

food expenses; cost of one's board

1

production; manufacture

1

desperate; hopeless

3

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

1

(death from) starvation; starving to death

4

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

2

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

2

rational; reasonable; logical

1

everything working out as desired

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

4

number of persons; personnel

1

match; game; bout; contest

1

to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)

1

penalty; sentence; punishment

1

execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

1

acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

1

every person; every mouth; every entrance

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

1

sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment

1

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

4

marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)

2

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

trial; judgement; judgment

1

unconvicted prisoner; prisoner awaiting trial

1

to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

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