jpdb beta

sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable

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companion; company

2

men; manservant; male attendants to an actor

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fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

2

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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preference; priority; precedence; right of way

3

contagion; infection

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indignation; resentment

2

to beat time; to mark time

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blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand

1

assailant; marauder

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fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

each place; various places

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battle; fight; combat

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to occur; to happen

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war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

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stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

3

rest; repose

1

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

4

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

3

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

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tone (of voice); manner of talking

3

to shout (in anger); to yell

2

to feel ashamed

2

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

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reason; cause; history; origin

2

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

1

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

regret; remorse; repentance; contrition

1

furious opposition; strong opposition; vehement protest

1

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

1

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh

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being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

2

disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

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mother

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shameless; shameless person

1

explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)

4

to sniffle; to snivel

2

to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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

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difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...

3

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

2

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

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painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

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