jpdb beta

calm, cool, and collected; level and calm

1

cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

1

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

2

master; teacher; stable master

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

1

views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect

1

judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

5

avenger; revenger

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

2

why; how

1

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

1

sharp and able person

1

face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks

1

to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

1

patient; persevering

1

satisfying; pleasing; gratifying

1

acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection

1

accomplishment; execution

3

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

1

will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)

1

oath; vow

2

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation

2

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

to survive; to live long

1

hmm; I see; hrm

7

a realist

1

to get used to; to become accustomed to; to be at home (on the stage)

1

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

1

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...

1

passing mark; qualifying marks (score)

1

to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

2

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

1

to pout

2

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

a few hours

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

6

flirting; making out

1