jpdb beta

autographed; signed

1

bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)

1

goods; merchandise; commercial items

2

disgraceful; shameful

2

desire; appetite; lust

1

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

1

overreaction

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

target

1

founding of a nation

1

to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to

3

people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer; (lit.) when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red

1

blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1

radical faction or group

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

satire; irony; sarcasm

1

punch (with the fist); punching (a hole); hole punch; punch (drink); punch (in a song, speech, etc.); impact

1

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

1

(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect

1

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

1

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

3

national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

2

to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

1

figure of speech

1

if is not; if are not

1

to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started

1

good humour (humor); good mood

1

for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length

1

to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)

1

support; backing; patronage

1

to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit

1

really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely

1

agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms

1

fill-in-the-blank question; cloze test (i.e. text with words removed)

1

ultimatum

2

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

2

since one was born; (in) all one's life

1

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)

1

damage; destruction

2

damage; injury

2

what proportion; what percentage

1

damage control

1

anyone can see that; it's obvious that

1

wherein; therein; thereinto

1

full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)

1