jpdb beta

receiving (the ball); bump (in volleyball); forearm pass

1

to shave

2

tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement

3

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

3

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

30

to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces

2

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

4

with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop

1

triumphant pose (assumed by an athlete, etc.)

9

aftertaste

7

equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

7

battle; game; bout

8

never again

17

to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol

1

table tennis table; ping-pong table

1

thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly

5

orange juice

2

boy; man; male

15

to be a problem

9

happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family

3

the big three ...

38

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

7

pet cat

1

private room

2

stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

178

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

3

muffled voice

1

one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage

26

grain (of wood)

1

horror

14

unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting

16

to get goosebumps; to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers

3

to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare

4

unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

2

to call together; to convene

1

rare case; outlier

5

dictionary; lexicon

2

idiomatic expression; idiom; fixed expression

1

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

82

beyond help; there's nothing that can be done

1

aggressive

5

to break into fragments; to go to pieces

8

snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight

2

in that manner; like that

14

suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal

4

deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

3

somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely

9

religious; spiritual

7

fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility

2

sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

1