jpdb beta

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

3

in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

6

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

2

invisibly; secretly; privately

2

this for sure; certainly is

1

to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

2

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

8

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

unexpected meeting; coincidence

2

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health

8

to rock; to shake; to swing

4

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

1

distant; cold; formal

1

to make eye contact

2

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

3

pet dog

1

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

2

to happen to meet; to come across

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

7

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

7

I; me

33

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

1

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

4

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

misunderstanding

4

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

6

excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person

1

esthetics; aesthetics

1

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

4

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

3

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

4

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

8

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

5

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

5

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

2

we; us

6

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

6

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

1

vocal sound; tone of voice

5

soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light

5

refusal; rejection

7

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

1