jpdb beta

to keep away; to keep at a distance

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

2

phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo

5

had better ...; had better not ...

1

good humour (humor); good mood

1

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

2

to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

1

self-protection

2

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)

1

to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

1

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

1

clinic; medical office; infirmary

4

assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)

2

to warm; to heat

1

paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living

1

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

2

roll of banknotes

6

re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-

1

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

1

that's true; of course; obviously

1

to give; to do (something) for

1

to pickpocket; to steal

1

great victory; big win; huge profit; killing

1

harsh criticism; something worthless or of little value

1

sponsor

1

making off with (something); absconding; stolen; absconded (with)

3

ephemeral; transitory

1

hedonist; epicurean

1

a sentence; one sentence; (short) piece of writing

1

omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

2

we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes

1

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

2

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

3

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

feeling; mood

5

to grasp tightly

3

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

to differ depending on ...

1

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

reliance; dependence

1

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

1

men and women of all ages

1

office (room)

3

green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

gossip; corner of the mouth

2

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

1

good feeling; feeling good

2

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

1