jpdb beta

lowdown; inside curtain; inside information; hidden circumstances; inside facts; inner workings

1

school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress

1

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

1

to smirk; to grin broadly

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

fingerprint

5

if it is the case that ...

1

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

1

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

1

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

2

to swim

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

4

to pin a crime on

1

to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin

1

(telephone) receiver

1

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

1

to run out (e.g. of the room)

1

glove; mitten; mitt

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

dark; gloomy; somber; depressing

1

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

1

class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher

1

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

1

to happen to be present

1

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

1

intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem

1

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

1

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

4

to break the silence; to break one's silence

1

next year

3

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

to try all possible means

1

patronage; protection

1

threat; menace

1

area

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

one; one

1

trouble; quarrel; dispute

1

print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer

1

straw paper

2

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

2

paper

2

a bundle; a hundred

1

replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling

1

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

4

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

1

pencil

2