jpdb beta

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

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sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

1

angle

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evasion; avoidance

3

contrastive

1

spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

1

attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

1

tactics; strategy

1

Brian; Bryan

1

hawk

1

to become pale; to turn pale

1

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

1

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

1

carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)

2

nausea; sickness in the stomach

1

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

1

underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

1

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

4

uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

2

having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

1

just one person; only one

1

giant

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to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

2

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

2

low rating; bad reputation

1

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

2

slaughter; massacre

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

1

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

1

rumor; rumour; gossip; report

1

to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

1

stone statue

1

tragedy; tragic event

1

being (somewhere); sitting

1

break in the deadlock

1

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

1

loyalty; devotion

1

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

2

to aim at

2

throw; throwing; throwing event

1

shoji (paper sliding door)

1

smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

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