jpdb beta

to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations

1

fair; fair ball; fair (event)

1

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

1

solitude; loneliness; isolation

1

sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged

1

decisive; resolute; determined; firm

1

all things in nature; the whole creation

1

(not) one

1

to pay respect (to)

1

natural decrease

1

goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit

1

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

1

to threaten; to terrify; to frighten

1

to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

ill-bred; vulgar; boorish

1

golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time

1

mercenary (soldier)

1

army corps; corps

2

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

ruffian; rowdy (person)

1

moderation; standard

1

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

2

slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery

1

pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash

2

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

contradiction; inconsistency

1

direction of travel; direction of movement

1

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

1

gorge; ravine; canyon; glen

1

precipice; cliff; flat head

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one side

1

head over heels; headlong; head first

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

2

unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key

1

opposite bank; farther shore

1

to be (doing)

1

firing in rapid succession; volley of shots

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

16

you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

1

reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about

2

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

1

clear; transparent; clearing (a high-jump bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball; in soccer); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

2

to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous

2

preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement

3

opposite shore

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