jpdb beta

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

2

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

1

to hunger for love; to starve for love

1

physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy

1

great hurry; great haste; rush

2

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

5

understanding completely; understanding all there is to know

3

to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with

1

motive; incentive; motif

5

likability; favorability; popularity

1

good-for-nothing; scapegrace; nuisance; trouble

1

fluent (in a language); flowing

2

to let one's guard down

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating

2

plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

1

worldly wisdom; secret of success in life

1

self-deprecating

1

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

4

sentiment; sentimentality

4

hard to read

1

secretiveness

3

to end in vain; to be wasted effort

2

attendant; follower

1

thoughtlessness; indiscretion

1

egoist

3

good sense

2

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

4

whatever

1

crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something

2

passion; passions; (sexual) desire; craving

1

hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket

1

being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability

4

self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility

1

pace

1

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

1

to approach

1

assurance; guarantee

3

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

2

to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about

2

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion

1

disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

2

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

1

east

2

to change direction (of policy, etc.); (lit.) to turn the rudder (of a ship)

1

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

2

somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded

1

companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler

1

Yannick

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