jpdb beta

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

3

(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

9

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

superhuman

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

1

this sort of

3

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

1

being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery

2

seldom; rarely; scarcely

1

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

8

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

1

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

2

fundamental; basic

5

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

6

law

1

to prohibit

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

1

relatively; comparatively

2

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

1

village

1

(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection

3

government official; clerk

1

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

6

calculating

2

because; as; since

8

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

3

to take into consideration; to bear in mind

1

to compare with the eye

2

to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle

1

had better ...; had better not ...

9

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

6

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

4

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

1

to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

3

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

13

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

thirty; 30

3

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

1

to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say

2

long thin face; Black Scraper (fish)

1

the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)

2

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

5

pupil and (dark) iris of the eye

1

eye socket; orbit

2

to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of

2