jpdb beta

16; sixteen

1

to cause laughter; to extract a smile

1

foolish; stupid; silly

2

to torment; to torture; to harass

1

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

2

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

1

reminiscence; nostalgia; thinking fondly of the past; recalling the old days

1

negative; minus

1

vector

1

to grow up; to become an adult

1

childhood

1

inconvenient

1

memories; recollections; reminiscence

1

beautification; glorification

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

bodily sensation; sense; experience

2

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over

1

to grumble; to complain

2

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

2

to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

2

comfort

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

2

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

5

to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up

1

foolish question

1

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

2

to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

1

applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

1

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

2

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

1

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

4

to do a silly thing

2

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

2

weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

1

to pile up; to accumulate

1

to crack; to develop a crack

1

colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

1

to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

1

proportion

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

3