jpdb beta

still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope

1

document; papers

1

interview (e.g. for a job)

1

unreasonable demand

1

off-the-record

1

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

2

bullying; teasing

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

7

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

1

flight; desertion; escape

1

course; route; path; process; stages

1

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

1

unanticipated; unexpected

2

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

intimate; close

1

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

1

secret; secrecy

3

to cut at; to slash at

1

nothing but; none other than

1

studying very hard; studying like mad

3

entrance examination

1

return; relapse; recurrence

1

faculty of medicine; college of medicine; department of medicine; school of medicine; medical school

4

top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical

2

childish; childlike; immature; infantile

1

quarrel; dispute

2

to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

1

wailing; lamentation

1

unsolved; unresolved; unsettled; pending; outstanding

1

evil spirit (that possesses someone); demon; devil

1

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

3

(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

1

to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

1

back pain; backache

1

every person; every mouth; every entrance

1

(one's) current position; current location; present position

4

to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed

2

to become hoarse; to become husky

4

to become the focus of (attention, sympathy, hope, etc.)

1

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

1

stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill

1

to make narrow

1

full responsibility

1

enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large

2

paint

1

at last your time has come; I have found you at last

1

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

2

sanity; consciousness; soberness

2

wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)

2

election

1