jpdb beta

to grasp; to get

2

hyah!; hah!; there!; ugh!; argh!; damn it!

1

baseball

1

ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

1

horizontal; level; even

1

leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage

1

like; as

1

close to the wall; alongside the wall

2

head

2

to look around; to tour

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed

1

one's cherished opinion; pet theory

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

military force; military strength

1

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless

1

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

logic

1

infant; baby; little child

1

grim face; angry look

1

price of wheat

1

father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

2

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

1

one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

1

home; household; family; hearth

1

to take away; to carry off

1

to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

1

self-torturing; masochistic

1

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

1

to rescue; to free

1

to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to be conceited; to brag; to show off

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled

1

utterly lacking (in ability); hopeless; useless; poor

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

bluff

1

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

4

to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)

1

to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry

1

cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking

1

flash of lightning; flash of a sword; brandishing a sword

2

thin paper

1

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

1