jpdb beta

adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant

1

end; close; finish; termination

1

student accommodation; student dormitory

1

suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

1

careful observation; close attention

1

change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment

1

diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

2

to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up

1

to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

1

crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated

3

to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified

1

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

right (to do something); authority; power

1

recovery; restoration

2

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

real time

1

network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett

2

fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man

4

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

1

depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation

1

maternal instinct

1

one's mind; one's heart; one's intention

1

student number (for seating, etc. in class)

2

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

3

range; stove; cooker; microwave oven

1

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)

1

tone

1

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

3

right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...

1

to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge

6

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

set of three; three sets; three classes

1

audio feedback; acoustic feedback; howl

1

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

1

silly person; dumb-bunny; dope

1

voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)

1

to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

1

monkey

1

senility; dotage; decrepitude

2

love is blind

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

to lean against; to set against

1

(telephone) area code (non-local)

1

due form; official; formality

3

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

2