jpdb beta

onlooker; bystander

1

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

to bite; to sink one's teeth into; to nip

1

shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)

3

all you have to do is; just; that's all

1

orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course

3

precision instrument or machine

1

a throw; a fall

7

contrast; antithesis; comparison

1

performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)

2

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

1

absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

1

adverse circumstances; adversity

4

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

tactics

1

to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

3

three times

2

asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

1

uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)

2

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

1

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

2

upper right

2

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

2

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

1

commotion; stir

1

general public; the masses

2

identifiable; personalized

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

lip-syncing; lip-synching

1

black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

1

game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match

1

to hurry; to rush

2

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

1

feeling keenly; fully realizing

3

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

2

technique; art; skill; move

8

fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

5

full stop; period; end

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

soldier; sailor

2

playful; sportive; pleasure-seeking; pleasure seeker; playful person

1

friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

2

illustrated story

1