jpdb beta

neat (neatly); tidy; trim

1

roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

2

to look young; to seem young

2

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

2

some days; several days

2

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

3

pack of lies; complete fabrication

2

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

3

just now; a little while back; a short time ago

3

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

19

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

1

to disappear; to vanish

7

to possess; to haunt

2

to be able to manage somehow or another

1

a certain ...

1

jerkingly

1

several (levels, floors)

3

so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?

1

to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

2

absorption; suction; attraction

1

transactions; dealings; business

3

to make an error

1

release (from prison)

1

actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

2

bitter

2

last month

2

to read between the lines

1

making a fuss; Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)

1

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

1

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

1

lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

2

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

2

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

2

order; command; life; destiny; fate

1

mighty; powerful

3

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

2

feeble

3

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

1

knockout

2

half-dozen; half-a-dozen

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

5

paisley (design); paisley motif

1

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

2

ankle; malleolus; ankle bone

2

odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

2

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

2

to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

2