jpdb beta

to spend time (on doing something)

1

lip service

1

love; affection

2

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

2

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

3

usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

2

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

1

to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace

9

(in) the air; midair; sky

2

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

2

interruption; suspension; break

3

gasping

2

to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

1

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

1

to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate

2

sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping

5

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

4

to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in)

2

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

6

to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

8

appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)

2

to pick at; to peck at

7

to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

2

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

5

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

2

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

1

to sniff; to smell

3

to be filled to bursting; to burst

2

milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter

1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

6

chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

3

dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

2

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

3

to wait impatiently for

1

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

2

to keep (a person) waiting

2

to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

7

insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

1

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

1

younger; junior

2

proclamation; official notice; touch; contact

1

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

1

sense of defeat

1

depravity; corruption; degradation

2