jpdb beta

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

4

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested

1

to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

1

to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

1

to do

1

lady-killer; philanderer

1

net weight; useful part; actual content; real; effective

1

righteous government; just rule; easy method; simple approach; orthodox way; proper way

2

being startled; getting a shock

1

abashment; bashfulness

1

slump

1

to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

nun; priestess

1

technical book; specialized book; treatise

1

reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush

3

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

2

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

3

mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve

2

person who is ...; thing that is ...

4

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

6

good

3

to thrust away; to send flying

1

stream; brook; creek

2

to slip off

1

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

2

grief; lamentation

1

small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)

1

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

2

stick figure; stick person

1

if you insist (on it)

1

patting; stroking; caressing

1

spray can; aerosol can

1

encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation

1

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

1

to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

1

distinction; differentiation; classification

4

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

never; not at all

1

putting off (doing); postponement; delaying

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

2

eccentricity; eccentric behaviour

1

to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

1

double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats

1

every evening; night after night

2