jpdb beta

cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal

1

to torment; to harass; to tease

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

1

sadistic

1

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

self; oneself

1

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

1

foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

1

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

1

with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly

1

aggressor; invader

1

(divine) providence; dispensation

1

losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent; losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard

1

strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person

3

to smile

1

to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)

1

apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

1

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

1

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

1

on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead

1

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

2

protest; objection

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

2

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

1

small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

1

horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

1

memory; sense; experience

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance

1

to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send someone out

1

output (electrical, signal, etc.)

2

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

1

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

4

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

1

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

2

coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation

1

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow

1

all over the body; from head to foot; all over

1

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

1

gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

2

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback

1

trajectory; line of fire; ballistic

1

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

1