jpdb beta

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

2

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

1

at a loss for words; stumped for words

1

to take a taxi

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

12

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

1

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

2

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

1

none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

1

somehow; for some reason or other

1

to feel nauseous

1

wife who lives elsewhere but regularly visits her husband

1

poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

4

to burst (open); to break; to split

1

to feel as though ...

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

1

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

1

number of times; frequency; count

1

remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

1

one or two; a few; small number

1

to fear; to be afraid of

1

mighty; powerful

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

1

Halloween

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

2

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

1

knit; knitted fabric; knitted garments; nit (unit of surface brightness equal to 1 candela per square meter)

1

sweater; jumper

2

cream (colour, color)

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

2

contours of one's body; figure

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

1

a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

5

miniskirt; mini-skirt

1

charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish

1

tights; pantyhose

3

skirt

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

2

to gain weight; to put on weight

1

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

1