jpdb beta

self-control; self-restraint

1

to wash away

1

to raise one's voice; to shout

1

suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

5

to push open

1

concentric

1

being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

1

to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)

1

to push away; to push aside; to shove

1

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

to explain; to dispel doubts

1

to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)

1

to get information out of a person; to begin listening

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps

1

one's whole body

1

to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

1

back side; back end; posterior; rear

1

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

1

eyeball

1

dislocation

1

trachea

1

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

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

1

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

1

despair; hopelessness

1

love and hate

1

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

fair and square; open and aboveboard

1

unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

1

maximum; local maximum

1

to knock down; to knock off

1

old man

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

1

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)

1

of tender years; very young

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

the public; general public

1

death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping

1

intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by

1

insurgent; rioter; mob

2

people; populace; masses

1

stone throwing

1

accidental fire; fire caused by negligence; misfire; failure to ignite

1

arson; setting fire

1

to run around; to bustle about

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1