jpdb beta

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

1

wild wavy hair; "sauvage" hairdo

1

skirt

1

one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made

1

to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

1

strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence

3

to mind; to care; to worry

1

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

1

power

2

patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir

1

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

1

effective; successful

1

support; backing; aid; assistance

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without

1

to count; to enumerate

4

wall; fence

1

to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over

1

black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black

1

birthmark; nevus; bruise

7

bathroom

5

for the present; for the time being

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

piece of evidence; evidence

28

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

3

changing for the better

1

deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

1

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

1

passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order

3

to come back

1

canned peaches

1

pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black

6

fast-talking; rapid talking

2

throwing down multiple objects in succession; at once in great numbers

1

remedy for a cold; cold medicine

1

headache

1

fruit

4

canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space

1

jello; jelly; gelatin dessert; gel; jelly

2

sports drink

1

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

2

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

2

cover; lid; cap

1

spoon; spoon lure

4

spoon

1

to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)

1

opening (of a bottle); broaching; beginning; opening; commencement (e.g. of sales)

1

opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling

1