jpdb beta

confections; sweets; candy; cake

3

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

6

somehow; for some reason or other

2

appetite (for food)

2

gun; rifle; small arms

1

love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by

4

to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)

1

to get goosebumps

5

to burn; to get fired up

6

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

to find out; to discover; to locate

2

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

4

slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet

1

doll; dhole (Cuon alpinus); Indian wild dog

1

to join together; to combine; to join up

2

almost; roughly; approximately

1

rather than

5

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

1

cooked rice; meal

8

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

3

to come to one's senses; to calm down

2

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly

2

love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

4

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

2

guess; conjecture

1

right; correct; proper; righteous; just

5

oratory; eloquence

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

1

rival; competition

1

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

exceedingly; very

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

5

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

4

so; like this; in this way

7

young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

3

(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go

1

by some chance; somehow; in some way; somehow or other; one way or another; by any means possible

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

1

to be too short

1

thigh; femoral

2

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

3