jpdb beta

obviously known; open secret; clear for all to see; being found out

1

tendency; trend; inclination

1

to have an interest (in)

2

man

1

we; us

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

4

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

3

to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly

4

combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

3

blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless

1

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

2

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

3

to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

1

easy-to-understand

2

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser

2

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

to hit (someone); to strike; to make (a speech); to give (an address); to gamble

1

to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

2

to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is

1

genuinely; sincerely; seriously; really; for real

1

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

2

ingredient; component; composition

1

to leak out

1

approximately the same

1

bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

1

origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient

1

eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball

1

general; popular; common; typical

1

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

1

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

way of talking; speaking style

1

cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying

1

two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth

2

well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

1

graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

7

self-control; self-restraint

1

consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced

4

bath

4

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

5

upper arm; (arch.) lower arm

1

dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon

1

to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed

1

what's what; heads or tails

1