jpdb beta

(with a) start; fright; alarm

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

1

rave reviews; extremely high praise

1

difficult to speak about

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

3

very popular; highly favoured

3

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

1

so to speak

3

occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling

1

ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)

1

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

2

office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

good job

1

to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire

2

point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

2

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

3

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

1

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front

1

helmet

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention

1

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

6

hey there; I say; see here

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

2

to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

1

twice

2

three times

1

series

2

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

eye contact

7

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

3

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

3

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong

8

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

2

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

1

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

2

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

3

compromise plan

1

precisely because

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(for the taste of something) to become apparent; (for someone's character) to come out

1

had better ...; had better not ...

5