jpdb beta

irritating; frustrating

1

spark

2

very small; tiny; insignificant

1

voltage; excitement; enthusiasm

1

childishness; naivete

2

retention; maintenance; preservation

1

beyond human understanding

1

far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for

2

subserviency to the stronger

1

fine (grain, workmanship, etc.); close (weave); delicate; precise; accurate; careful

1

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

1

to survive; to live long

3

to complain; to make a complaint

1

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

1

starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card

1

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

1

in one's lifetime; (while) in life

1

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

1

biggest; largest scale

3

certain victory

1

effusiveness; gushing; shrillness

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

1

my condolences

1

suspicious; doubtful; dubious; questionable; fishy

1

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

2

hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding

1

to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

2

human intellect; knowledge

1

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

1

every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

1

concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task)

1

reflexively; reflectively; by reflex

1

to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing

6

to sink (into); to get depressed

1

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

1

streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

1

to shed tears

1

sobbing; sob; weeping

1

superiority complex; sense of superiority

2

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

3

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

sorrow; grief; anguish; anxiety; worry; trouble

1

landowner; landlord; landlady

2

by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

detached; aloof; indifferent

1

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

7