jpdb beta

choices; alternatives; options

1

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

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reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy

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indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly

2

reek of desperation; feeling of desperation

1

shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)

1

dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing

1

intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

to be injured; to sustain a wound

1

sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment

2

happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately

1

worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated

1

perfection; thoroughness; consummation

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking

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fighting spirit; (will to) fight

2

still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

1

to flare up; to burst into flames

2

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

1

ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage

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willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

2

one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established

1

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

1

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

1

depending on; dependent on

2

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

forte; strong point

2

prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick actions

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... all over again (repeating the same failure)

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one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

5

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

1

to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off

1

spearhead

1

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

1

inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)

1

formidable person; shrewd person; certain person (e.g. whose name cannot be disclosed); someone; (arch.) that sort of person; (arch.) that kind of person

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long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft

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ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

3

moreover; in addition

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simple honesty; tactless frankness

1

one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

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single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)

1

even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

4

to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

2

exhaust sound; exhaust note

3

expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility

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