jpdb beta

looking on from afar; being a spectator

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to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

in this way; like this

3

sad; melancholy

2

warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

returning home

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

1

through; non-stop; direct; going straight to

1

to gather; to collect; to assemble

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

1

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

interests; stake

1

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)

2

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

2

tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

to fall off; to tumble down

1

jest; joke; funny story

2

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

2

observation; survey; watching

5

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode

1

target

2

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

1

grandchild

2

use; utilization; utilisation; application

2

juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

3

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

1

to kick down; to defeat

1

candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)

3

moreover; in addition

1

order's up; one order ready; coming up; problem solved; one down; all done

1

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

2

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish

2

tone (of voice); manner of talking

1

no; quit it; no way

1

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

1

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

chatting; idle talk

1

this much; this amount

1

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

1

waste of time; killing time

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