jpdb beta

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

2

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

2

how ...!; what ...!; what?; what's that?

1

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

3

Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

1

shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1

shade; shadow

1

cucumber (Cucumis sativus)

1

appearance; look

1

fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man

1

jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

1

to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

6

to shrug one's shoulders

2

(romantic) trouble with women; calamities brought upon a man by a woman

1

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

1

on inquiry; if inquiring

1

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

2

to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

the good fortune to have been born male

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

1

to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around

5

three people

2

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

1

to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

11

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

6

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

3

candlestick; candlestand

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

2

perfect circle; cute

3

cultivation

2

(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy

1

frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely

1

actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)

1

flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)

3

food texture; mouthfeel

3

drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

2

to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

2

unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions

1

bedroom

2

to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused

1

question; inquiry; enquiry

4

memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage

1

to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

chilling; chilling out

1

elasticity; flexibility

1