jpdb beta

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

2

secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method

1

to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)

1

to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb

1

several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

1

calling by name; designation; nomination

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

1

to tell a lie; to fib

1

say; well; um; er

2

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

1

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

2

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

1

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

2

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

2

confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all

1

quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

2

what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)

1

to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)

1

interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

yourself; himself; herself

1

foolish; stupid; silly

1

provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

2

suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)

1

to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain

1

to push back; to press back; to force back

1

to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

quarrel; trouble; dispute

1

between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish

1

passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality

1

manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour

1

one by one; in detail; minutely

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

1

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

1

correction; revision; amendment

2

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

2

this sort of; this type of

1

batting order; batting line-up

1

on-deck circle

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)

1

pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy

3

continuing to pitch; staying at one's post; staying on at work

1

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

1