jpdb beta

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird

2

circuitous; roundabout; indirect

2

summary; digest

1

hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

2

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

4

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

2

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

indescribable; having no way to express

1

to bear; to endure

3

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

2

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

3

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

3

to spit out; to eject; to dump

3

quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation

2

derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

3

with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

1

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

2

goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples; rough skin; coarse skin

1

to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)

5

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

8

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

10

breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor

8

appearance; expression; manifestation

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

1

fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

4

if you think about it; come to think of it

3

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

5

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

1

knowledge; information

1

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

2

to explain adequately; to be accountable

1

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)

3

to hear of; to learn of

1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

2

declaration of war; proclamation of war

1

crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles

1

to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face

2

to keep silent

3

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

2

selfish; asking too much

2

point in time; occasion

5

to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted

1

to cut at; to slash at

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

3