jpdb beta

bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

2

conviction; belief; confidence

13

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

6

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

sandbank; sandbar

1

silverwork

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

8

puppet; marionette

1

soul; spirit

1

to come back

2

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

4

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

3

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

1

to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

1

thin ice

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)

1

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

1

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

2

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

2

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

1

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

1

to the end; to the last

1

way one walks; one's walk

1

to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

8

acquaintance

1

shepherd; shepherdess

1

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

3

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

4

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

1

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

feelings of guilt

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

1

absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

1

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

2

grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely

2

one's share; one's portion

1

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

forelock; bangs

2

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

2

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

5

all night; throughout the night

1

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

6

planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up

1

being extremely busy; being swamped with work

3