jpdb beta

filling a vacancy; supplementation; substitute; deputy; alternate

4

not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless

1

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

4

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

1

historical play; period drama

1

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

4

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

2

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly

5

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time

1

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

4

some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

2

punishment; judgement; judgment

1

time; hour; moment

1

glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing

1

park (public, amusement, etc.); parking

1

to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

2

objective

1

to say too much; to go too far

1

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

1

to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

1

to occupy much space

1

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

1

dry cough; hacking cough; intentional cough (i.e. to get someone's attention)

1

meaning; significance

1

base (military, expedition, etc.)

2

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

1

to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)

2

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

2

to purse one's lips

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

2

looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

5

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

2

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

2

training extra hard

1

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

3

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

3

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

1

to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)

1

unlucky

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

2

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

2

this year

1

child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child

3

yesterday

4

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

3

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

4