jpdb beta

loss; forfeit

1

bang; clang

1

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

1

(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge

2

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)

1

dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

2

after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

2

to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear

2

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

1

to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway

1

to straighten up; to sit upright

1

servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling

3

mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours

2

goggling; rolling (one's eyes)

1

to harm; to cause harm to

1

bulging eyes; goggle eyes; saucer eyes

2

in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; dry and tasteless; stale

1

to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire

2

everybody; every last one of them; all

2

called; known as; that; to say

3

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

3

awareness; realization; noticing

1

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

2

resentment; indignation; anger

1

silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

heat up

1

warmth

2

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

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

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

1

to get slightly dirty (all over)

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

1

simmer; bubble out; flow out

1

grinning; smirking

2

to stay (at); to stop (at)

1

to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

3

foolish look; stupid look

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

to twitch

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

1

as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction

1

madness; insanity

6

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

2

behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

3