jpdb beta

balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic

1

neglecting; ignoring; paying no attention to; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining

1

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1

won't do (for me)

1

as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction

7

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

2

hey; yo; hi; come on; hey

3

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

1

to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble

2

reference room

1

complete works; complete collection; complete series

1

printout; (computer) printing

1

attendance (at school); going to school

3

boycott

2

contrastive

2

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

2

tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking

1

there's no smoke without fire

1

extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

7

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

to turn one's face away

1

to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth

1

to start forgetting

1

someone; a certain person

4

running about; making every effort (to do); busying oneself (with); being busily engaged (in); good offices; efforts

2

to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread

1

black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence

1

contrast

1

half-timber

1

choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position

3

back street; back alley; off-street

5

rectangle; oblong

3

girly; girlie; girlish

1

to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)

2

quadrature; square

1

rectangle

3

local

1

as always; as ever; though it's always the case

2

superstring theory

1

stealthy steps; soft steps

1

indoors

1

sampling (e.g. in signal processing)

1

on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

1

dummy

2

to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)

1

restless; fidgety; lively; busy

1

scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean

2

hyperspace; superspace

1

vitality; (one's) life force

2