jpdb beta

critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation

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ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation

1

descendant; progeny; offspring

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ancestor; forefather; foremother

5

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell

1

virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless

1

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

4

lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

1

proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony

2

shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned

3

founder; originator; pioneer

6

one drop (of fluid)

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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to be born; to come into the world

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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

4

extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true

1

freedom; liberty

3

work; operation; task

4

nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property

1

dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

1

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

1

artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic

25

Knossos

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reward; prize

1

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

2

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

3

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

1

cheap article; poor-quality article

1

sound of the wind; voice of the wind

1

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

1

it seems that; as if

2

the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade

1

brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost

7

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

1

regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts

1

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

3

humorous; funny; amusing; enjoyable (e.g. life); pleasant; fun

1

natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly

6

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)

1

blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

2

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

some; several; many; how many; how much; very

1

years; time

1

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

2

in a day; in a brief space of time

1

concavity

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