jpdb beta

to swim

1

conviction; belief; confidence

8

trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle

1

confession

2

too much; excessively; too

2

conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative

2

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

2

control; check; restraint; inhibition

3

personal struggle

1

related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned

4

responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution

1

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

2

to shake; to waver; to tremble

2

to breathe out; to exhale

3

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

6

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

with eyes half-closed

2

careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous

4

to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

3

parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

1

personal criticism; character sketch

1

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

1

repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

risk

5

smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal

1

to covet; to lust for

1

to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth

1

contrastive

3

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

5

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

2

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

2

to be of no importance

1

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

1

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

2

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

escalation

1

wine glass

1

divide into four pieces; one fourth

1

ruby; Jonathan apple

1

counter for colours

4

liquid

2

to drink up; to drain (cup)

2

daddy; father; husband

1

now that; since; as long as; provided that

1

to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul

2

last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup

2