jpdb beta

to push back

1

coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt

3

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

2

body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander

1

generation; lifetime; age

1

large company; large enterprise; large corporation

2

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

6

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

to get dry

4

nod; inclination of the head

1

dispersing; vanishing

2

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

3

erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

to become vulgar; to coarsen

6

person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power

1

review; reconsideration; revision

1

direct control; direct supervision

3

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

6

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

1

freely; right and left; as one pleases

1

first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best

4

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

humming; crooning

8

alternately; by turns; one after the other

2

willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling

1

travelling alone; solitary journey

2

artificial eye

2

to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive

1

pupil (of the eye)

1

animal

6

character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character

1

picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

3

unapproachable; inaccessible; difficult to access

1

to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

3

grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

1

scenery; scene; landscape

13

to be tired of looking at

1

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

6

scale

1

regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly

1

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

1

loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)

2

hat; cap

2

chin strap

1

solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

4

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

to pretend; to feign

2