jpdb beta

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

7

handcuffs; manacles

6

lipstick

1

dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy

1

half-eaten

1

chocolate

1

slipper; slippers

1

crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)

5

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

19

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

5

simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt

2

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

3

exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment

2

to miss a chance; to fail to do

2

accounting department

1

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

2

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

5

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

2

unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous

2

pinioning; binding arms behind the back

4

playing house

1

to smash to pieces

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

11

to have one's neck wrung

1

feeling; sense; impression

9

useless resistance; vain struggle

3

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

5

surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement

14

to push aside; to push one's way through

4

to take flight; to disappear

5

to be hot on a person's heels

3

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

4

to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over

1

lump of iron; iron ingot

5

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

10

missing; lacking

7

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

2

to wring the neck; to strangle

6

special precautions; special vigilance

1

to strangle; to constrict

3

strangulation; strangling

2

the ... in question

15

(on the) verge of death

5

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

8

newcomer; new face

1

(not) in the least; (not) at all

5

to be perturbed; to be agitated

4

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

13

equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent

12

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

3