jpdb beta

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something

2

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

3

tear gland; lacrimal gland

3

skin

1

fresh blood

5

bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses

4

curse; spell; malediction

1

to talk; to speak

4

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

3

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

3

room; apartment; flat

1

catalog; catalogue

1

remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking

1

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

2

salary; wages; pay

3

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

badger game (scheme in which a man has his wife or lover seduce another man to blackmail him)

1

trade; trading

1

drawing; painting; doodling; sketching

1

playing house

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

1

encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)

5

bathtub

1

endlessly; ceaselessly; nonstop; incessantly

3

one of these days; someday; one day

2

to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

1

feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger

2

roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; feelings that influence one's mood; stomach growling

1

empty stomach; hunger

5

shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming

4

splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)

1

to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

2

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

8

activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex

4

stock (of goods); reserve; supply

1

food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion

6

jam

11

wheat

1

in its entirety; whole; wholly

5

fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

1

it seems that; as if

2

in a circle (ring)

1

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

2

visiting or office hours

5

diarrhea; diarrhoea

1

to pause; to have a short intermission

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