jpdb beta

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

1

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1

to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

1

once in a lifetime; once in one's life

1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

1

to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for

1

headlock (wrestling move)

1

next day

1

festival merrymaking; revelry

1

performer; entertainer; celebrity

1

person of culture; cultured person

1

to make an appearance

2

to close; to shut

1

shut up!; be quiet!

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

1

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

2

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

1

downgrading; demotion; degradation; lowering of position (or rank, etc.)

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1

to burn into one's memory; to sear an image

1

to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other

1

shriek; scream

1

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

1

morning; a.m.

1

two o'clock

1

unworthy; unbecoming; improper

1

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

2

single word; a few words; brief comment

1

mike; mic; microphone

1

to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people

1

winner; victor; conqueror

1

still; even now; to this day

1

any number of times

4

dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation

1

fast-talking; rapid talking

1

to slip out

1

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

egoistic; self-centered; selfish

1

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

1

sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested

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to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family

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stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

2

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

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