jpdb beta

yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

mimicry; mimesis; camouflage

12

capture; seizure

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

2

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

1

greater than ...; bigger ...

1

wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

1

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

2

arch; home run

1

gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

1

sun; sunshine; sunlight

1

old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn

1

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

2

close to the wall; alongside the wall

2

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

3

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

1

comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...

1

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

direct hit

3

having food stuck around the mouth; having food all over the face

1

metal basin

6

sketch comedy show

3

(hand) gesture; movement of the hand

1

wig; hairpiece; toupee

1

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

2

important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game

1

(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person

1

call for attention; alert; heads-up; reminder

1

conte; short story; tale; comedy sketch; skit

1

lead colour; lead color

1

new species; new variety

2

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

to be helpful; to be useful

2

familiar spirit

1

taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment

1

one-by-one; separately; in detail

1

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2

state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth

1

leather cover; leather binding

2

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

dust

2

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

7

excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing

1

hiding; concealment

1