jpdb beta

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system

1

bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump

1

speed of sound

1

deceleration

1

since when; from when; how long

1

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

3

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

13

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak

1

corner of the eye

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle

2

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

1

moonlight

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

momentary; instantaneous

1

thought

2

poetic

1

opposite; reverse; contrary

1

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to

1

to be perturbed; to be agitated

1

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

1

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

1

chaps; skin fissure

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

to turn round; to face about; to turn about

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

1

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

1

personal history; curriculum vitae; resume

1

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

1

to apologize; to apologise

2

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

4

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

2

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

sounds

1

master; expert

1

personal history; career

1

misrepresentation; false statement

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

1

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

1

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

2