jpdb beta

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

1

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

1

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

1

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

2

the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

2

because of; owing to; due to

1

sigh

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

to triumph; to be elated with success

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

1

despair; hopelessness

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

1

folding knife; clasp-knife; penknife

1

to be embarrassed; to lose face

1

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

1

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

2

everything one does; whatever one does

1

third-rate; third-class

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

2

shower

1

to do (for someone)

1

black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat

1

lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

1

that's true; of course; obviously

1

not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

1

to spit

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

1

last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier

1

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

2

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

1

knife

18

to aim at

1

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

1

to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

2

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

2

edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

1

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

1

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

1

women and children; woman; grown woman; wife

1

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain

6

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

1

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

1

to shine

2

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

cylindrical

1