jpdb beta

various

3

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

by all means; by all costs

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

9

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

2

to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

2

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

1

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

pupil (of eye); eye

1

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

1

in those days

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par

1

to fall prostrate

1

to choose; to select

7

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

1

do-or-die game; crucial contest

1

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

two periods; two terms

2

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

model; pattern; paragon; exemplar

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

1

new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer

1

help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

life plan; plan for one's life; planning one's life

1

pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

1

Merle

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

villain; baddie; the villain's part

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

1

you

1

desire; wish; aspiration

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

2

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)

2

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

2

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

1

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

2

conversely; on the contrary

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

1

to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver

1

adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship

1

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1