jpdb beta

to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)

9

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

1

grip (of hand); grip strength

1

iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner

1

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

2

bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)

1

running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

2

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

3

three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)

1

missing person; wanted person

1

owner of a company; head of a company

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

1

disgusting; sickening; revolting; nauseating

1

wicked ones; bad guys; rascals

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

1

having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

2

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

6

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

1

you; I; me; oneself

2

past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime

3

to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance

2

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

2

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

1

to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

3

illegal; unlawful

3

to throw oneself (into an activity)

1

gunfire

4

to expose oneself (e.g. to danger)

2

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

14

efficiency

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

adaptability; capacity for adaptation

1

to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)

1

contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)

1

every night; nightly

1

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

2

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

1

discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance

1

questions and answers; dialogue

1

living by oneself; living alone

1

kitchen knife

3

slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot

1

nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be

1

(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant

1