jpdb beta

tension; strain

1

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

1

fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate

1

military personnel; soldier

1

transport ship; troop ship

1

apology

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

2

careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

1

left end; left edge

1

right side; right-hand side

1

important point; point to make note of

1

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

1

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

1

the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

1

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

leaving one's seat

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

2

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

1

oneself; myself

1

a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period

1

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

1

innumerable; countless; numberless

1

to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)

1

preference; priority; precedence

3

lower grades of primary school (first, second, and sometimes third grades)

1

animal

4

loveable; very likeable; like very much

1

zoo; zoological gardens

1

to escape

3

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

1

intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

1

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)

3

to ponder; to brood

2

dubious; doubtful; of unknown authenticity

1

coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

2

tabloid (newspaper)

1

inhumane; inhuman

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

dry and rough; desiccated; rustling

1

respondent

1

experiments using animals; in-vivo testing; animal testing

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

1

riverbed

1

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

1

catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake

1

by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

1