jpdb beta

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

2

in one's imagination

2

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

12

basketball club

3

wish; desire; ambition

2

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

1

national constituency

1

department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category

1

fitness training; development of physical strength; building stamina; keeping up one's fitness

1

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

4

reason; pretext; motive

35

joining a club

1

regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)

3

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

4

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

3

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

1

chance; opportunity

6

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

2

to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)

1

yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)

1

loud voice

4

stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

2

you

8

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

8

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

2

good feeling; feeling good

2

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

11

no!; no no!; no, not at all

5

stress

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

5

to smile

9

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

7

aha!; yes sir

13

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

8

I; me

277

the first and second; a few

2

such ... as; or some such

13

calm; composed; cool; quiet

9

to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat

1

perfectly round; perfectly circular

3

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

4

distance; range

13

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

6

physical ability

1

capital city; metropolis

1

dome

1

spacious; vast; wide

2

home run

6