jpdb beta

complete change; about-face

1

overreaction

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

7

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

brown; light brown; tawny

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

12

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

5

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

3

to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer

3

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

3

law; rule

1

to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with

2

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

1

they; those guys; those fellows

2

attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

hatred

2

to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

2

tomorrow; near future

1

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

3

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

3

to face (a situation); to encounter; to be confronted with

1

to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

1

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

3

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

2

to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

3

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

2

third

1

hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house

10

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

1

log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); test subject (of human experiments performed by Unit 731 during WWII); (arch.) prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

2

simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated

1

partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall

2

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

4

hedge

2

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

3

living by oneself; living alone

1

person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

1

orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

2

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

curious; strange; unusual

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

3