jpdb beta

to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh

1

bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)

3

hammer; mallet; sledgehammer; gavel

1

one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind

2

breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture

1

hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased

2

unreasonable demand

3

to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)

2

trying one's ability

6

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

1

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

1

cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)

1

extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

5

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

2

martial arts

1

to do for (the sake of someone else)

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

5

heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

1

self-torturing; masochistic

2

to rage; to be fierce; to be excited

1

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

1

highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)

1

result; effect; performance; workmanship (of an article); execution; shape and quality

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

2

honour; honor; glory; renown

1

ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia

2

seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

3

crest; coat of arms

1

Cornwall

1

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

3

to be helpful; to be useful

1

in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

2

skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through

1

piece of evidence; evidence

1

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

1

to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe

3

boiled egg

1

straight-laced person; stubborn person

1

you; I; me; oneself

1

beam

2

gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

2

return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment

1

arrangement; pact; agreement

5

realistic; pragmatic

2

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

1

oh goodness!; I say!

1

immense; awesome; enormous; terrific

1

dissipation; prodigality; debauchery

1

to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind

1

development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability

4