jpdb beta

physical work; manual labour (labor)

1

narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

2

difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

1

death sentence

1

emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)

1

to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

1

obedient; submissive; tame; slavish

1

to fight each other

2

(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)

1

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

1

portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)

1

on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

1

simple; simplified; easy; plain

1

living together; communal life; cohabitation

2

downtown

2

capture (of a suspect, criminal, etc.); arrest

1

main street (as opposed to a side street); high street

2

side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore

1

to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

substitute for ...

1

congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties

1

miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized

1

muffled voice

1

pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline

1

full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)

3

irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume

1

T junction

1

to turn to the right

1

thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo

1

dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point

1

spearmanship

1

(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)

1

cut; gash; incision

1

decision; ruling; award; arbitration

1

to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden

1

to draw a line (between); to make a clear distinction (between); to settle (a matter) once and for all; to bring to an end; to take responsibility (for)

1

place of execution; execution site

1

cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

1

(official) commendation; public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.); awarding; honouring

1

weak person; the weak

1

to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die

2

hoodlum; ruffian

2

once more; again

1

to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

2

(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated

1

intelligence officer

3

foolhardiness; daredevil courage

3

to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

1

evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting

1