jpdb beta

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

opposite side; opposition

4

place; position; location; position; standing; status

1

corner room; corner apartment

1

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

1

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

1

cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging

1

single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (tennis, badminton, etc.)

1

new; fresh; novel

2

getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

1

reset; fresh start; new beginning

1

curtain; curtains

8

to close; to shut

7

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)

1

blanket

11

lights-out time

2

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

1

daily life noise; household noises; noise that arises at home from everyday occurrences

1

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster

1

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

2

singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects

1

appearance; figure; shape; form

1

irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)

1

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

2

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

3

to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

at parting; on parting

2

despair; hopelessness

1

drama queen; (lit.) tragic heroine

1

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

affection; love

1

disregarding; ignoring

3

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

4

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

2

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

1

art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice

1

to jump up; to spring up

2

to turn one's back to

1

dead of night; midnight

1

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

1

noise; sound

4

to jar; to creak; to grate

1

reliance; dependence

1

barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining

2

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

2

decision; determination

1

to return evil for good; to return a favor with spite

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

2

to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

1