jpdb beta

Don (Spanish honorific); bigwig; important person

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both knees

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mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together

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consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced

5

to moan; to groan

4

to tell (someone) to ...

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some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit

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to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure

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to be imaginable; to be conceivable

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to be led by; to be headed by

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desperation; struggle to the death

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to cross swords (with)

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groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz

1

strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

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I; me

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ten-odd; a dozen or so

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

4

substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality

5

dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit

2

to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to

7

the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; Hades

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter

4

invasion (e.g. of a country); raid; aggression

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homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

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pride; boast; credit (to)

2

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

2

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

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to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

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tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

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really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly

1

majority

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fifty; 50

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

2

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

6

rush; flood; deluge

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pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)

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shoulder

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top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled

2

to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

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to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

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to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way

2

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

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there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

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mother and child

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