jpdb beta

youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy

1

to keep an eye on; to take care of

1

dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion

1

nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)

2

traffic accident

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

1

muttering voice; murmuring voice

1

by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

pale; pallid; bluish-white

1

sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface

1

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

2

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

2

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

to blank out; to panic

1

with a snap

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

1

ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

1

mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)

1

to breathe in and breathe out

1

Grille (car)

1

head-on collision

2

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

1

to lean over; to lean in

1

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

1

feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment

3

never; not at all

1

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

1

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

1

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

1

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

2

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

entreaty; appeal; petition

1

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

1

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

1

to read the situation; to sense the mood

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

1

little finger; pinky; little toe

1

pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers

1

corner; nook

1

a little bit; a little while

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

coating; painting

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1