jpdb beta

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

7

sense of inferiority; one's weak point

2

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

1

pause; interval; distance; range; suitable time; appropriate opportunity

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

1

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

1

in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur

1

teleprompter; autocue; prompter (theater and opera)

1

OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

1

to take someone's hand

1

bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless

2

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

2

without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

1

to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable

1

by sheer strength; by brute force

1

to shake and untangle; to shake free from

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

violent; rough

1

to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence

2

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

2

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

1

to push down; to press down; to force down; to depress

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

3

you

5

a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

2

child; children

4

to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)

1

tennis

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

2

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

2

to settle (a dispute)

1

permission; approval; authorization; license

5

to glare at; to scowl at

1

to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)

2

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

2

play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

1

talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow

1

even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful

1

shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering

1

serious look (on one's face); straight face

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

1

hospitalization; hospitalisation

4

affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders

1

ambulance

1

maybe; could be; might

2