jpdb beta

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

5

what; what?; hey!

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

2

please

2

whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

4

gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps

1

in error; by mistake; by accident; accidentally

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

3

to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)

2

oil

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

3

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet

1

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

3

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

1

store; shop

1

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

2

NICOLA

6

bandage; dressing

4

personal feelings; self-interest

2

punishment; penalty

3

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

1

smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

1

sentence; verdict; pronouncement

1

like that; so

1

hatred

4

to incur someone's enmity

1

paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed

1

different thing; another question; different case

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

8

four people

3

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

12

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

2

riverbed

1

vulgar; lowbrow; coarse

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

4

annoying; provoking

2

to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

1

lips

2

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

4

to lose sight of; to miss

2

the same day

1

late at night

3