jpdb beta

pride; boast

1

proud; elated

1

envy

1

devoted; self-sacrificing

1

gestures; gesturing

2

seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone

1

sad; melancholy

1

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

inconvenient

1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

3

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

individual; one by one; separate; each

2

polish; refinement

1

important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

1

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

to join forces; to cooperate

3

manyfold

1

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

1

to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

1

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

2

tornado; waterspout

2

strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification

1

edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication

1

memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad

2

schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram

1

to make merry; to be festive

1

just like

1

distribution; dispersion

1

centralized model

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

2

double

1

two minutes

1

to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)

1

to state one's opinion

1

to improve one's skill

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race

2

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

in advance; beforehand; previously

1