jpdb beta

scramble (for)

2

interest; rights; concession

2

balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic

1

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

1

Battlefield

1

to be hungry

1

family quarrel

1

permanently neutral country

1

hostile act

1

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

physical

4

destruction; disruption; (application) crash

1

to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal

1

(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)

1

plate; dish

3

light eating; spare diet; not eating much

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

1

poor health; ill health; unhealthy

1

whether or not

2

whenever (each time) one sees (it)

1

inferiority complex; sense of inferiority

1

of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart

1

enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it

1

last day; final day

6

hitting endlessly; beating up comprehensively

1

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

2

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

1

wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language

3

assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition

3

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

3

damage control

1

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

3

feelings of guilt

2

to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow

3

to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening

1

selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

2

line-marking machine; line marker

1

to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

3

rigorous distinction

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

2

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course

3

gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous

2

evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting

1

discussion

1

to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)

2

weak child; frail child; gangly child

1

to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff

5