jpdb beta

to compliment and criticize lavishly (criticise)

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

6

premature joy; short-lived elation

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

7

hateful; detestable; abominable; amazing; fantastic; admirable

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

5

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

6

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

1

crude; rough; plain; careless; disrespectful; without proper care

1

way of using (something); way to use; how to use; way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.); way of treating; treatment

2

to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury

3

troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble

1

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

1

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

14

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

2

circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances

6

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

5

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones; in secret; stealthily

2

to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

3

protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval

1

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

2

shaking like a jelly; jellylike

3

soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal

7

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

4

bust (measurement); breasts; bosom; bust (sculpture); half-length portrait

2

deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

1

to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike

1

to hate; to dislike; to avoid; to disregard; to act without regard (for); to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)

1

to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene

2

third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

2

surrounding at a distance

4

vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

1

intervention

2

to watch for an unguarded moment

1

walking briskly; determinedly

1

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

2

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

hey!; say!; I say!; I; me

3

alternate; alternating

2

knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

3

to laugh scornfully

1

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

1

(a) look; gaze

4

Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam

32

but; however; although

5