jpdb beta

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

2

nothing but; none other than

1

hastily made; improvised preparation

1

disturbance; perturbation; derangement

1

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

1

to be able to conceal

1

confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

1

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

1

firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot

2

bright; intelligent

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

2

to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public

3

to grasp tightly

1

paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor

1

ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)

1

early; quickly; promptly

1

to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with

1

devotion; attachment; infatuation

1

forelock; bangs

1

to perceive; to understand

1

high tide; high water; climax; high point

1

fair; fare; fear

1

definite; sure

1

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

to delay; to put off; to procrastinate

1

turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

full speed

1

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

2

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

1

to leave behind

2

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

6

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

to run through; to run past

1

to stop walking; to pause

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

1

not necessarily so; is not always true

1

crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally

1

main street

1

path; lane

1

road; highway

1

(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees

1

two groups; two bands

1