jpdb beta

shady; underhanded; questionable

1

again

4

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

1

expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

1

to finish reading; to read through

1

this world; this life; this generation; present day

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

miscalculation

1

for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime

1

distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to

1

what to do

2

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

1

impoliteness

1

domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country

1

application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

1

refusal; rejection

1

reply; answer; response

1

hindrance; impediment

1

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

2

thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

for today; for the time being

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

1

the way back; the way home; return trip

2

not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for

1

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

1

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1

having gone too far to turn back

1

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

2

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

1

now; come (now); well

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

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

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

1

exactly as stated; verbatim

1

tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble

1

inquisitiveness

1

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

1

dreamland; land of Nod; realm of dreams

1

to doze (off)

2

what time; (lit.) which hour

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

1

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

3

patterns of thinking; train of thought

1

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

1

the ... in question

1