jpdb beta

pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

2

to begin to speak

1

strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting

1

to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around

2

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

1

reaching; attaining; arrival

1

crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm

1

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

3

reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt

1

should do; ought to do

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

1

loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change

1

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

1

soundproofing

1

studio

2

booth

6

machinery and materials; equipment; materials for manufacturing machinery

2

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

2

within a school

4

mike; mic; microphone

3

usual state of things

1

fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright

1

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence

1

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

3

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

1

this much; this amount

1

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

3

to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

2

(audio) recording

4

app; application

1

voice; speech; phone (as opposed to a phoneme); speech sound; audio; sound (as opposed to the picture)

4

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

1

time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

1

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

2

this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

2

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

unluckily

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

1

review (of learned material); revision

1

how many; how old

1

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

1