jpdb beta

bitter

1

single word; a few words; brief comment

1

end; close; termination

1

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

1

full; in plenty; ample

1

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

3

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

2

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

5

invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable

1

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

10

reply; answer

1

to ask a question; to ask questions

2

to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)

1

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

2

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

2

fair and square; open and aboveboard

8

equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

1

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

3

My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

2

to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul

1

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

2

something; some kind of; for some reason

2

in the same way as; just like

5

hey; listen

1

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

6

by myself; in person; by oneself

4

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

1

to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle

1

first period (e.g. first class in school day)

1

to oversleep

1

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

4

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

6

very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

1

gazing at; staring at fixedly; eyeballing; glaring; giving a hard look

1

to press a question; to cross-examine

1

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

1

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

2

suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly

1

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

2

to meet face to face

1

present; gift; to give a present or gift

1

indirection; indirectness

3

company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

1

diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)

1

conclusion

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

3