jpdb beta

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

2

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

1

going into battle; departure for the front

1

smiling face

1

to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

1

The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully

1

inversion of the word order in a sentence; anastrophe

1

tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)

1

inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case

1

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

1

to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)

3

moderate; proper; just right

1

null

1

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

5

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

8

tenacity; endurance

3

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

2

end; break

1

the whole country

1

mock exam; practice exam; practice test

1

to pile up; to accumulate

1

to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

2

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

making do; getting by (somehow); managing

1

patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

2

recommendation; nomination

1

to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

2

on the road; side of the road; roadside

2

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

1

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence

1

seeing one off; farewell; escort

1

impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

1

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

1

interest; rights; concession

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

2

noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky

1

full cooperation

1

suited figure; person in a suit

1

daughter

1

cigar

1

chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous

1

women; womenfolks

1

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

3

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

2

tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

2

to fight; to exchange blows

2

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

draw (in competition); tie game

2