jpdb beta

to learn the ropes; to get the knack

1

human intellect; knowledge

1

three; three years of age

1

bedside; near one's pillow

1

elf; pixy; sprite; brownie; imp; gremlin

2

one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)

1

to keep balance

1

tree; shrub; bush

1

spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen

3

she; her; girlfriend

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

2

mediator; go-between; middleman

1

notice; attention; observation

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

2

root of all evil

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I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...

4

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

birth (esp. of a famous person); nativity

1

spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating

1

to make merry; to be festive

2

brownie

1

to gush out

1

band; orchestra

1

to parade; to march; to walk in procession

1

funeral march

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled

2

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

face of a dead person

1

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

1

cup of poisoned alcohol

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

1

clock; watch; timepiece

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

1

depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation

1

root of a tooth; fang

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness

2

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

denial; negation; negation; NOT operation

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

to break through

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to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1