jpdb beta

to return

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

6

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

3

daydream; waking dream; fantasy

1

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

1

generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia

2

what to do

5

being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame

1

higher forms of life

1

food chain

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

12

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

14

weak; frail; fragile

3

disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

5

reproachful; resentful; spiteful

2

adrenalin

1

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

2

to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful

2

ungrateful

2

(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism

6

reason; cause; history; origin

2

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

5

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

30

resentment; indignation; anger

2

to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

19

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

10

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

2

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

7

groan; moan; moaning

16

to hatch out

2

in the sea

6

to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

3

to flare up; to fly into a rage

1

to shake and untangle; to shake free from

5

ridiculous; odd

6

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

2

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

3

to burst into laughter

2

to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air

2

extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant

1

more than expected

4

to wipe off; to wipe up

2

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

2

light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous

2

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

3

to do

6

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

6