jpdb beta

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

1

patronage; protection

1

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

1

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

kindness; intimacy; friendship

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

2

approach; approach shot

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

16

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

late at night; small hours of the morning

2

(the thing) itself

1

lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity

1

arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

several steps

1

you (plural)

1

skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity

1

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

1

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

1

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

1

life and death; life or death

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

innocent; simple-minded

1

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

1

objective

1

pure gold; solid gold; fine gold

4

always; at any time

3

to open up a path; to clear a path; to open up doors; to pave the way

1

handling one's workmen

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

2

acquaintance

2

to bring someone along

2

tip of one's nose

1

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

warning; advice

1

to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)

1

way of talking; speaking style

2

dealing with; coping with

1

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

1