jpdb beta

to get angry; to lose one's temper

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design

4

point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

3

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

2

any more; any further; any better; any longer

7

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

2

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

4

rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating

4

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

10

simply; merely; only; solely

8

victim

1

resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)

2

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

9

(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp

2

to happen to have on hand or in stock

2

bloomers; 'safe' pants worn over normal underwear in sports

3

short skirt for playing tennis, etc.; skort; shorts with an attached skirt-like flap

5

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

5

bloomers; (girls') gym shorts

3

meaning; called; said

4

broom

2

bloomers; (girls') gym shorts

1

olden days; former

3

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

3

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

3

intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)

1

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

6

difficult to ...; hard to ...

5

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

1

being on the ropes; losing ground

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

8

morals; morality; ethics

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

2

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

5

middle and high-school students

1

earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

3

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

5

to sell

1

freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

2

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

5

to shout at

2

to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up

1

shin; front of lower leg

1

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

2

to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright

1

shin; shank; lower leg

1

fainting in agony

1

hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping

1

to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about

1