jpdb beta

jokingly; in the form of a joke

2

looking depressed; long face

1

whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

3

way (of doing); manner; method; means

3

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

6

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

2

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

2

indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

1

descendant; posterity; offspring

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

6

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument

4

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

7

matter of time; question of time

1

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

2

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

4

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

1

latent; potential

1

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

1

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

1

ostentation; show; affectation

2

to tear off; to strip; to rob

1

hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

1

society; public; community; social studies

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

3

demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment

1

back (of a chair)

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

means; is; as for

2

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

6

to be dying

1

(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)

6

powerful medicine; strong poison

2

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

9

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

7

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

1

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

2

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

2

throughout the body

2

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

1

forcibly; against one's will

2

parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

2

hence; for that reason

6

to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart

1