jpdb beta

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

4

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

2

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

6

preservation; retainment; keeping

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

2

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

1

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

5

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

5

such ... as; or some such

3

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

3

question; query

1

mistress; kept woman; concubine

1

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

3

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

1

only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

4

impatience

2

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

2

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

2

to become distant; to recede

3

to become dim; to become blurred

1

vivid; clear; distinct

1

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

6

that's the way it is; such is life

2

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

3

to surge; to well up; to gush out

2

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

1

collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway

1

damage; injury; loss

1

infinitesimal

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

lips

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

2

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

4

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

2

dispersing; vanishing

1

nostril; nostrils; naris; nares

2

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

1

iron rust; iron hydroxide

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

2

remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue

2

to stand stock still

1

left shoulder

1

to slim down; to lose weight

1