jpdb beta

steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking

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child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting

1

job hunting; job searching

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

match (contest); matching (with); going well (with)

1

disillusionment with politics

1

bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

1

good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit

1

tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable

1

general public; the masses

3

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

1

insight; power of observation

1

paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed

1

clear solution; clean decision

1

to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect

1

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

1

to kill each other

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to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

1

reckless remark; rash remark; thoughtless words; falsehood

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social structure

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internalization

1

hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

1

to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up

1

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

3

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

2

picture book

1

reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)

1

ancestors

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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

1

pressure to conform; peer pressure; peer group pressure; group pressure

1

unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

1

worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

1

weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection

1

cheating each other

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diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

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to exchange glances

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to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept

1

absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity

4

increase in production; production increase

1

ambitious; enterprising

1

(software) bug

1

to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)

1

using the strongest words possible; scathingly (criticize, deride, etc.); (praise) to the skies; in the highest possible terms

1

noble; lofty; high-minded

2

biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence

1

how dare ...; how could ...; surprisingly; unexpectedly

2

all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

1

disgraceful; shameful

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