jpdb beta

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

2

apology

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

2

to classify; to sort out; to sift through

1

pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

1

confusion; mixing; merger

2

to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)

1

boundary line

1

meltdown

1

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

5

to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)

1

low voice; whisper

5

all; entire; whole; altogether

2

U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

1

to stop walking; to pause

6

road; highway

4

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

3

obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile

1

dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

1

mirror

1

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

2

everything; anything; nothing

3

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

3

standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

3

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

4

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

3

parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage

4

to look towards

2

roadside; wayside

2

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

6

cannot be compared with; no match for

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

3

dam; weir; barrier; sluice

2

to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)

3

to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)

1

depth of water

2

to be perfectly clear

3

sea or river bottom

1

with a momentary flash of light

4

to hold one's breath

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

5

salt water; brine

1

slug

1

mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm

3

being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed

1

fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming

1