jpdb beta

bald head; baldness

1

to knock down; to knock out

2

impulse; impetus; urge

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

1

tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet

2

strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle

1

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

2

the way back; the way home; return trip

1

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to lose heart; to become discouraged; to be crestfallen; to be utterly disheartened

1

totteringly; trudgingly

1

to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)

1

to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

4

ago; since; before; previous

1

fundamental; basic

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

1

to pep up; to cheer up

1

despair; hopelessness

4

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

2

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

4

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

5

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

2

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

21

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

6

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

4

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

2

to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)

4

huh?; what's up?

3

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

1

getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)

1

roguish; impish

2

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

1

evening sun; setting sun

1

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

8

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

3

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

6

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

9

to stand stock still

6

skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper

3

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

4

flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

1

to smile (at); to grin (at)

1

ahead; before; ago

5

prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling

1

to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished

1

a bit more; a bit longer

4