jpdb beta

chink in the armor (armour)

1

to snatch (at); to grab

3

absence; disregard; indifference

3

silent prayer

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

2

deregulation; removal (easing) of (official) restrictions

1

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

3

to relax; to feel at home

3

you could say that

8

plentiful; abundant; definitely extant

1

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

5

in high spirits

2

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

3

verbal abuse

3

herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

2

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

1

love affair; liaison

1

perfectly round; perfectly circular

3

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

4

to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

1

first-class; first-rate

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

3

to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

4

turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes

1

joint owners; part owners

1

to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank

4

to summon; to get used to call

3

fresh cream

2

library

1

railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

6

to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself

1

imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye

1

indecent talk; dirty story

2

both shoulders

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

3

to force back; to jostle

2

(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down

2

reluctant; hesitant

7

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

19

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

2

sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat

3

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

2

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

3

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

3

involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

3

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

3

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)

2

bee; wasp; hornet

1

listing

2