jpdb beta

stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)

2

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

4

human figure; human form

7

to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)

2

talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful

2

measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment

14

one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)

1

affected part; diseased part; wound

4

to shave off (hair)

1

to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)

2

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

1

to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out

4

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

debriefing (session)

1

to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting

1

to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

3

to be injured; to sustain a wound

6

to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

4

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

4

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

2

curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case

3

hurt; injured

7

muzzle

2

to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

1

wild-animal tamer

1

to regret

2

course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic

3

directly opposite; right in front

8

cheating each other

1

guaranteed; authentic; certified

2

upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first

1

silent (esp. of the passing of the night); piercing (cold)

1

fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)

3

point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)

4

photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer

2

mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship

1

blurring (e.g. of an image); blur; gradient; bokashi composting; fermented composting

1

grotesque

2

surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand

14

cardboard box; carton

1

feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted

1

to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

2

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work

4

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

2

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

3

problem; trouble; worry

4

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

8

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

greater than ...; bigger ...

2