jpdb beta

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

2

very much; very many; more and more

2

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

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decision; determination

2

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

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Cadillac (automotive brand); Cadillac

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to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request

1

to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

several days later

1

to ease up the speed

1

(on the) verge of death

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

2

to die; to expire

1

returning tit for tat; retaliating

1

frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)

1

cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)

1

different thing; another question; different case

1

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

2

comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery

1

unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

2

moving about; stirring about

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against the rules

1

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate

2

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

2

to cultivate; to foster

1

good sense

2

way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death

1

favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

1

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

3

unbelievable (extent)

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith

2

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

3

to pamper; to spoil

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

still; even now; to this day

2

seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

2

for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

1

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

1

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

2

heart; guts; nerve; central part

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

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even

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after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

2

proud; haughty; arrogant

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phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

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self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

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