jpdb beta

sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety

3

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

5

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

6

to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

4

seeing one off; farewell; escort

1

I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

2

to turn completely into; to become completely

1

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

5

having a wife; marrying (a woman); marriage

1

to grow old; to age

1

odd; strange; queer; peculiar

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

2

20 years old

1

no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

2

useful; helpful

1

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

3

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

4

antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

1

doing as one is told; yes-man

2

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

2

to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

3

white (complexion); fair-skinned

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent

4

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

2

approximately the same

3

dealing with; coping with

1

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

4

fighting spirit

1

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

3

portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

1

feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection

2

to wear away; to rub down; to abrade

1

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

3

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

1

as (somebody) says

2

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

action; operation; effect; function

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

2

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

3

way; method; means

1

even

1

thin ice

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

4

go home; get out

4