jpdb beta

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

4

fat; tallow; lard; grease

2

unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares

1

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

1

to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

1

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

2

early afternoon

1

head office; main office; main store; this store; our store

3

fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

1

Lada; Radha

1

summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling

2

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

1

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

7

surname; family name; last name

13

to come to a settlement

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull

2

dying; ruining oneself

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

13

to get angry; to lose one's temper

1

confrontation; showdown

1

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

2

teacher; instructor; professor

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

1

motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination

2

stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)

6

mercenary (soldier)

8

force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

2

commanding officer

2

state; country; nation

2

assassination

1

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

2

to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye

1

to open a business

2

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

8

to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar

1

some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part

2

to get over; to forget

2

address book

4

number; series of digits

35

note; memo; memorandum

8

here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots

1

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

15

chance meeting

5

guardian

3

badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail

1

worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

1

to be to the point; to be pertinent

3

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

1

followers; hangers-on

25

to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

4