jpdb beta

with a half-opened eye

4

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

19

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

2

height; acme; extremity; end; limit

1

just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

2

-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust

57

hush money

4

to solicit; to demand; to extort

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

22

to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

3

third

4

fleeing (to a distant place to avoid arrest, capture, etc.); absconding; running away; flying high; jumping high

2

begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing

4

summary; digest

3

gem; jewel; precious stone

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

1

wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)

9

money; metal

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly

2

to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get

1

deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe

6

paper-thin wafer (for wrapping powdered medicine, candies, etc.)

1

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay

3

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

6

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

1

vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant

1

shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

6

respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor

1

kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

to mind; to care; to worry

2

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

7

if it's the case

8

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

22

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

2

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

5

brute; savage; fiend

3

act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct

2

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

1

peace; harmony

4

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

23

unemployed person

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

7

puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

7

penniless; extremely poor; destitute

1

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

1

while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way

4

(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time

1