jpdb beta

enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to

1

to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down

2

to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression

2

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

how; in what way; by what means

2

forgetting; lapse of memory

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

2

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

3

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

5

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

1

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

1

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

4

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

2

to be at a loss for words

1

joke; jest; funny story

2

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

1

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

2

yes it is!; it surely is; certainly

1

laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

1

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

7

to cast down one's eyes

1

desk; copy editor

1

file cabinet; filing cabinet; shelf of documents

1

personal computer; PC

2

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

1

dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined

1

mobile phone; cell phone

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to; to do with pleasure

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

8

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

evening; evening hour

1

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

3

decision; determination

1

more than expected

1

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

2

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

3