jpdb beta

to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

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payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

4

excessive profits; unfair profit; exorbitant interest; usury

1

usurer; usury; loansharking

1

lending and borrowing

4

sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

2

to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat); to give up

2

having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

1

number of years

3

to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together

1

to drop; to let fall; to omit

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financing; loan

4

dwelling; house; residence; address

3

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

2

nasty; mean; heartless; inconsiderate; selfish

2

to change direction

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alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay

8

to cut off the retreat

1

to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet

2

phrase; phrase; strawberry

1

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

3

first grandchild

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live-in (e.g. job)

2

or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other

1

since then

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downtown

2

destined; predestined; fated; fateful

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

3

every meal

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souvenir; memento

3

near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

4

upper arm; (arch.) lower arm

2

skill

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in a little while; in a bit

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to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

2

container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket

4

to fit; to suit

5

to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage); to take with a grain of salt; to not take at face value; to discount

3

mixed colour (color); compound colour (color)

2

palette; pallet

3

flat board; slab; monotonous; dull; even pitch; accentless pitch

1

paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual progression (oft. into an unwanted state); doing little by little; proceeding in a continual and vague fashion; gradually obscuring

3

decision; determination; resolution

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inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these

4

at the window; by the window; next to the window

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absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity

3

(deeply held) resentment

2

sadness; sorrow; grief

3

a little; a bit

1

first-rate; finest quality; the best

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