jpdb beta

to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

1

wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

4

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

7

arrowhead

15

beautiful; gorgeous

4

moonlight; moonbeam

1

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

1

cold; frigid; bracing; dignified

1

by any standard; (not) even as flattery

1

handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; use; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; disposal (esp. sale of goods)

2

good performance; good work; great success

1

underling; newbie; small fry; newcomer

1

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

1

pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor

2

lower half of the body

4

mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

1

comical

1

to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on

1

earnest; single-minded

1

to hesitate; to waver

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

2

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

2

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

7

abrupt; sudden

2

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

2

entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

2

to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)

1

special training; intensive training; crash course

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

2

to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion

1

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

2

to be touching; to be moving

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

3

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

1

to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence

1

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

2

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

2

to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate

2

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

5

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

1

always; usually

2