jpdb beta

discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability

2

home environment; family environment

1

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

1

under control

1

outsider; someone outside of a group

1

by all means; at all costs

5

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

4

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

2

certainly; surely; definitely

1

to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room

1

implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

it's no joke; gimme a break!

3

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

1

armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee

2

front line; forefront

3

to emit smoke

7

irresponsibility

2

courting; wooing; making advances

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)

1

selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell

1

outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

2

gym; gymnasium

1

to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple

1

diversion; distraction; feint

1

to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)

1

to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance

1

from the beginning; from scratch

2

to trouble; to bother; to annoy

1

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular

3

gallows

1

n-storied building

1

(full) name; identity

1

condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat

8

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

15

flowerpot; plant pot

2

papier-mâché; something that looks good superficially; sham

1

brilliant; bright

1

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

1

to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch

1

to relax; to feel at home

1

mug

1

notes; instructions

1

to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)

5

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

5

to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts

3

simple; plain

3

rent

3

manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost

2

to strangle to death

1

to stab to death

1