jpdb beta

diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

1

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

2

strong pressure; heavy pressure

7

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

12

detour; roundabout way

7

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

6

drink; beverage

6

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

5

meaning; called; said

5

hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room

20

B class; B grade; second rate

2

conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

2

to rack one's brain

1

to gain a victory; to win

5

representative example

2

(on) land; ground; shore; track-and-field events

2

to hesitate to say

2

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

6

territory

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

6

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

19

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

8

most numerous

6

to harm; to cause harm to

5

poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade

1

sly; cunning; crafty

4

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

5

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

2

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

3

optimistic; hopeful

4

to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge

1

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

10

neutrality

6

to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply

2

fatal situation

1

living; life; judo art of resuscitation; action; activity

1

safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)

2

clean hit

1

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

1

to ambush

4

loitering; hanging around; wandering around

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

9

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

6

to go ahead; to proceed; to carry on

2

to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

2

fucking; screwing; having sex

2

to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted

5

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

7

worst; worst-case (scenario)

3

to sustain a serious wound

2