jpdb beta

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

7

Hollywood

1

movie; film

1

(romantic) love

1

fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion

1

suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal

1

not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

1

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

6

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

1

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

love affair

2

to state one's opinion

1

to manage something successfully; to be successful

2

somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely

1

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

1

abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy

1

choral competition

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

1

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

4

invisibly; secretly; privately

2

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

6

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

2

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

2

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

7

to look into; to peer in

2

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

1

school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)

1

tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)

1

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

3

schoolgirl; female student

4

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

smiling face; smile

4

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

2

cold; frigid; bracing; dignified

2

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

3

elegant; graceful; refined

1

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

2

with a friendly grin; smilingly

1

to answer a question

2

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

11

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

state of emergency

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

3