jpdb beta

half-eaten

1

chocolate

1

slipper; slippers

1

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

5

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

19

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

5

formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written)

2

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

3

exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment

2

to miss a chance to do; to fail to do

2

accounting department

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

2

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

5

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

2

unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous

2

full nelson

4

playing house

1

to smash to pieces

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

11

to have one's neck wrung

1

feeling; sense; impression

9

useless resistance; vain struggle

3

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

5

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

14

to push aside; to push one's way through

4

to take flight; to disappear

5

to be hot on a person's heels

3

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

4

to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over

1

lump of iron; iron ingot

5

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

10

lack; absence; omission

7

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

2

to wring the neck; to strangle

5

special precautions; special vigilance

1

to strangle; to constrict

2

strangling (to death); strangulation

2

the ... in question

15

(on the) verge of death

5

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

8

newcomer; new face

1

(not) in the least; (not) at all

5

to be perturbed; to be agitated

4

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

13

plain; field; being outside the government; non-governmental sphere; private sector

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent

12

to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open

3

advance; moving forward; progress

9

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

18

spear hand

4