jpdb beta

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

3

looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

4

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

1

massing (of troops); gathering

1

surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia

1

news; word; tidings; omen

2

all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging lantern

1

by day and night; day and night; round the clock

2

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

2

offense and defense; offence and defence

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

3

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

2

trouble; quarrel; dispute

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

2

favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

12

green; wet behind the ears; immature; (lit.) smelling of milk

1

once and for all; completely; spotlessly

1

to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

1

to be impressed; to greatly admire

2

sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive

1

feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face

1

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

2

to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

1

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

3

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

1

gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up

1

chill; shakes; ague

1

latent disposition; inner feelings

1

division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

3

large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)

1

spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

2

partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

1

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

2

old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded

1

wild; uninhibited; extravagant; rampant

3

to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by

1

to be talented; to be able

2

to give a reason

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

2

malicious; deliberately mean

1

disinheritance; disowning

1

to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

2

being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

to be full of pride; to be boastful

1

to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent

3

lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

1