jpdb beta

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

2

sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking

1

Cairo

2

friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife

1

how long; how far; how much

6

operation; calculation

2

degree of difficulty

1

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

11

how old?; what age?

1

wishful thinking

2

plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap

1

escape; getaway; evasion

1

to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

1

starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus

1

justification; warrant

1

care; kea (Nestor notabilis)

1

permit (to pass, enter, etc.); pass

1

indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization

1

to give thought to; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

1

thoughts; thinking

1

flash; instant; lightning (speed)

1

to take someone's hand

4

antiquity; ancient times

1

vending machine

1

cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...

2

conduct; behavior; behaviour

1

to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

3

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

3

boiled octopus; person as red as a lobster

2

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

1

knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

3

red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each

1

National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA

1

scientific capability; scientific ability (e.g. of a student); scientific strength (e.g. of a country); level of technological development

1

general mobilization; general mobilisation

1

adhesion; stickiness; viscosity

1

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

1

facial nerve

1

feel good (pleasant)

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

1

sound of bubbles (or other small objects) being popped; lumpy sensation (e.g. of food); little bits; small grains

1

lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher

1

fool; idiot; simpleton

3

degenerate; pervert; deviant

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx

1

boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive

3

unheard-of; unprecedented

1

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

1