jpdb beta

reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

1

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

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to entrust; to leave to a person

4

to show up; to appear; to turn up

3

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

new land; new world; new sphere of activity

2

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

1

northern cliff

19

steep mountain; craggy mountain

2

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

5

spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering

11

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

11

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

4

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

11

master; expert

6

to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority

2

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

4

give up

2

to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy

1

anger; wrath

3

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

2

to crack jokes

3

escalation

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

4

to do

5

to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

2

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

8

could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of

6

quarrel; dispute

7

to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close

3

Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount

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final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding

1

to approach; to draw near

6

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

8

of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune

1

tendency; trend; inclination

2

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

1

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

mountain climbing; mountaineering

1

pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

1

to be exhausted; to be tired out

1

worst case

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

2

impatience

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gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum

6

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

5

companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

10

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

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