jpdb beta

deep affection; dear; beloved

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

1

burst of laughter; roar of laughter; in copious amounts

1

feeling of satisfaction

1

to tremble

1

bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie

1

at once; immediately; right now

1

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

1

imperative sentence; imperative statement

1

sender (e.g. of mail)

2

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

1

oil

1

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

3

to be all smiles

1

a glance; a look; a glimpse

1

smiling face; smile

4

for the first time in one's life

1

done; just done; just finished

1

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

6

slamming one's hand into the wall in front of someone (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic); banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour)

2

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

5

possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

16

if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)

1

compromise; collusion; give and take; hey; listen; look

1

yeah, yeah; whatever; yes; sure; hello; giddy-up

1

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

motive; incentive; motif

4

impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest

1

feeling

2

to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with

1

joke; gag

2

route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course

1

at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

2

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2

to be the case that

4

precious; valuable

1

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

1

broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large

2

novelist; fiction writer

7

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

1

just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment

1

to keep a watchful eye on

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

2

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

2

to smile

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