jpdb beta

infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)

3

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

1

touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency

4

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

2

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

1

emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence

1

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

3

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

3

health problem; poor physical health; bad shape; feeling unwell

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

to be the case that

4

to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn

1

no need to guess; certainly

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment

3

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

1

to be possessed by an evil spirit; to be tempted; to give in to an urge; to succumb to temptation

1

(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus

1

to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

2

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

rare; uncommon

1

to grumble; to gripe; to complain

1

at once; immediately; right now

1

tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing

1

period; term; interval

7

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

marriage

5

shortest

1

nineteen; 19

2

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

4

to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)

1

remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers

1

legal wife of an emperor or king; first wife; queen consort; empress

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

3

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

2

expected value; expectation; expectations; expectation value (in quantum mechanics)

1

to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

1

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

2

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

we

2

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries

1