jpdb beta

fluency; volubility

1

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

4

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

4

devoted husband

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easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

3

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

3

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

cough; ahem

1

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

4

derailment; digression; deviation

1

to follow another's example

2

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

5

oratory; eloquence

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

1

tales of one's travels

1

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

be; is

1

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

1

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

1

cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal

1

wish; desire; ambition

2

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

1

stress interview

1

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

1

expenses; disbursements

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

3

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

1

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

2

immediately; at once; instantly

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

2

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)

2

lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help

1

stealthily; secretly

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

1

one eyebrow

1

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

2