jpdb beta

to spend money

1

(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer

2

customer service smile

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

1

pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest

1

calling on (someone) uninvited; dropping in on; visiting without being invited; presumptuous; impertinent; impudent

2

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

early; quickly; promptly

1

bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed

2

depressing ending (to a video game, etc.)

1

to retighten

1

gasp; pant

1

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

3

overestimation; overrating; overvaluing

1

largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger

1

(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy

1

price reduction; discount

1

(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment

3

bivalve

1

congratulatory address

1

as far as the eye can see

1

plain; moor; prairie

1

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

to draw a line

1

no loss or gain; coming out even

1

dolphin (or other small toothed whales, incl. porpoises, belugas, etc.)

1

foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land

1

with a bang

1

to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

1

sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

2

having a dream

1

verbal promise; one's word

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

1

case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; cabinet (arcade games); housing; enclosure; chassis

2

hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift

1

box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

1

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

1

cassette tape

3

analog; analogue

1

magnetic recording

1

magnet; compass

1

degradation over time; time-related deterioration

1

easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do

1

to find out

1

motor; engine

1

magnetic tape

1

ashes (of the deceased); remains from cremation

2

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

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

2