jpdb beta

pushing by hand; hand gilding

1

the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields

1

direct unforked road; straight path

1

leaving everything up to someone else

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

2

above; more than

1

not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)

2

to pause; to have a short intermission

2

shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom

1

a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

2

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

2

both; (not) either

1

in a day; in a brief space of time

1

fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

1

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

7

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

1

mental; spiritual; emotional

2

rapidly

1

elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

2

to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

1

to get in touch with

2

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

2

to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

1

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

4

to fling (away); to hurl

1

sincerity; good faith

1

full name

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

1

palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap

1

pouring; injection

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

4

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

3

faint; swoon

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

1

having many difficulties in store; grim prospects

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

6

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

2

to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care

1

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

1

coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived

1

to beat time; to mark time

1

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

5

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

1

objective

1

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

1