jpdb beta

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

to watch intently; to stare

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hostility; enmity

2

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

2

to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

2

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

half and half; fifty-fifty

1

to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

3

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

1

sense of liberation; feeling of freedom

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

3

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

2

to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with

2

to stare at each other; to lock eyes with

1

album

2

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

1

manners; behavior; behaviour

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

2

incident; affair; happening; event

2

transition; change; progress; passing (of time)

1

can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

1

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor

1

leaving (it) to others

1

usual state of things

1

accident

1

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

dash at the beginning of a short-distance race; charging ahead at full strength from the beginning

1

good news

1

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

2

outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

1

natural voice (without a microphone)

1

(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

1

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

5

advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation

1

tough measure; firm step; strong measure

2

desperation; self-abandonment

2

antisocial behavior

1

caustic words

2

the establishment

3

to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

suppression; subjugation

1

to begin; to set about; to start

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

4

to wear out

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to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

nonsense

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

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why; how

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