jpdb beta

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

1

faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy

2

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

1

exhibition; display; putting on show

1

parts; accessories; components

1

to hunt up; to locate; to inquire out

1

reserve; modesty; hesitation; abhorrence; repugnance; loathing

1

handkerchief

1

going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling

1

frontal lobe

1

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

1

to be exhausted; to be tired out; to be worn out

1

harassment; pestering

2

at large; fugitive

1

to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp

1

childcare; child-rearing; nursing; upbringing

1

specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight

1

to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)

1

mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)

1

jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly

2

to get hungry; to become hungry

1

having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

1

seeing off and meeting on return

1

assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon

1

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

1

squishily; with a soft squishing motion; munchingly; with a chewing motion; mumblingly; while stammering

1

sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing

1

container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

1

white porcelain

1

affection (esp. parental); love; fondness

1

powerful medicine; strong poison

1

tissue; facial tissue

4

afterglow

1

crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis

1

overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

1

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

comfortable; pleasant

1

uniformity; equality

1

wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)

1

skin

1

groin; thigh; crotch; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

1

accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed; exponentially increasing

1

to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden

1

to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

1

high fever; intense heat

1

follow-through

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to pull a muscle; to strain a muscle

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to writhe in agony

2