jpdb beta

armpit; axilla

1

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

3

lately; recently; these days

2

around the clock; day and night

1

speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs

11

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

2

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

7

to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain

9

affirmation; affirmative

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

16

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

1

probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many

6

boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!

4

pale; pallid

1

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

1

how long; how far; how much

1

bath

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

2

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

1

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

trivial; trifling; slight; insignificant

3

every day; daily

6

one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

7

accumulation; cumulative; accumulated

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

anxiety; worry; fear

3

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

1

to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower

3

to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to

1

mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable

1

to talk together

2

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

4

cushion; cushion (to soften the blow); mitigation

4

(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)

1

to lie down (and rest)

1

having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still

2

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

3

if it's the case

10

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

2

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

1

in detail; with great care; completely; fully

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

3

being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)

5

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

4

(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar

7

prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees

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