jpdb beta

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

2

to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry

1

to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

1

this area; around here

1

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

1

that sort of; like that

1

to be at a complete loss; to be without recourse; to be completely stymied; to have absolutely no idea what to do

1

such

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

on countless occasions; many a time

1

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

2

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

2

to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

1

hallucination; illusion

1

bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom

1

various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

2

to take precautions; to set a guard against attack

1

scientist

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

1

substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality

1

interference; intervention; meddling

2

philosophy

2

field; sphere; realm; division; branch

1

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)

3

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

1

confusion; mixing; merger

1

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

2

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

1

nowhere

2

exaggeration; hyperbole

1

extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

1

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

2

somehow; for some reason or other

1

to shake and untangle; to shake free from

1

barrage of questions

2

to escape from; to get out

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

2

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

1

overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot

2

to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

2

to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)

1

tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony

2

to begin to drink

2