jpdb beta

mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot

1

precision; accuracy

1

scouting; reconnaissance

2

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

1

pride; boast

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

such ... as; or some such

2

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

1

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

2

like this; in this way; as you see

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

2

pale; pallid

1

perfection; flawlessness

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

3

type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets

1

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

1

sense of responsibility

1

researcher

3

to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

2

to push aside; to brush aside

1

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

2

immediately; promptly

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

the ... in question

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

1

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

2

misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea

1

to offend someone; to give offence; to hurt someone's feelings

1

zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour

1

embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

1

to gush out

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

to stare back at; to look back at

1

linguist

2

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

other than; excluding; without

1

before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

2

opportunity; chance; time; occasion

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

to send back

1

appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

1

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

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

to pout

1