jpdb beta

gun; rifle; small arms

2

returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate

1

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

to accompany; to follow; to keep up with

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

4

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

depth; deep place

1

lottery; lot; raffle; draw

1

modern society

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

3

corner of one's eye

1

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

1

at a loss for words; stumped for words

2

taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness

2

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

1

childish; child-like; immature; infantile

1

guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole

2

to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

7

-years-old

2

talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque

1

eavesdropping; tapping

1

reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn

1

to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play

2

not so

1

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

3

without; but if; otherwise; or else

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste

1

sound of the wind; voice of the wind

1

(very) patient; persevering

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill

63

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

2

how many hours?

1

wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

2

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited

1

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

4

show

2

written invitation

1

beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill

1

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

pen

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

3

rebellious; defiant

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

1

violence; mayhem

5

bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters

2