jpdb beta

temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

first-rate; finest quality; the best

1

alcohol; sake

1

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

2

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

1

alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery

1

to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)

1

impulse; urge; impetus

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

2

sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...

4

to be of benefit; to be beneficial; to be useful; to do one good; to be good for one

1

one and only; unique

1

connection; link; relationship

1

to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge

1

brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes

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.)

1

forevermore; for eternity

2

to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)

1

handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name

2

acceleration; speeding up

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

2

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

2

to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted

4

at once; immediately; right now

3

to keep running

3

languid; listless

1

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

3

school building; schoolhouse

1

leaving work (office, school) early; quick lookup (in a dictionary, index, etc.)

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

1

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about

1

to occur; to happen

6

to walk; to move forward; to make progress

1

to go together; to go in company (with); to go along (with)

1

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

2

looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)

2

embarrassing; awkward

2

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

5

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)

5

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

2

ticklish; embarrassing

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

to stare back at; to look back at

1

loafers

3

kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself

1

hundreds

1