jpdb beta

blue eyes

3

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

3

to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom

2

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

6

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

4

ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)

1

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

2

base (of operations)

13

mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

2

(political) power; authority; influence

4

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

3

rival candidate; opposing candidate

1

one's person; around one's person

1

inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

2

scandal

5

gloomy; melancholy

1

to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

1

to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off

2

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

1

to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

5

rest; relief; relaxation

1

fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

3

staying the night; lodging (at)

3

women's dormitory

1

murder; killing; murderer

4

distinction; discrimination

2

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

9

asleep (in bed); sick in bed

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

5

to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered

5

injury; harm; danger

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom

2

day and night

1

cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together

1

bold; daring; audacious

3

to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude

3

hegemony; leadership; initiative

3

real estate

2

circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)

1

disinheritance; disowning

1

(one's parents') home

6

support; backing; aid; assistance

2

to leave unfinished; to abandon

3

father

13

to hang; to hang up

3

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

4