jpdb beta

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

3

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

2

to twitch

2

problem child

2

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

44

five-family unit; five-man group; quintet

1

suppression; subjugation

15

standardization; manualization; compiling into a manual; formalization

1

right in front; just opposite; under the nose

1

outrageous lie; outright lie

1

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

17

to be answerable (for); to take the blame

1

murder; killing; murderer

7

suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically

1

special; extraordinary

1

to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up

3

dark green

1

slatted shutter; louver door (window)

1

to beat out a rhythm

1

patterns of thinking; train of thought

1

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

6

highest grade; top class

1

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

9

insecurity; carelessness

1

to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)

1

dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove

7

artistic

3

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

6

eight-tenths

2

to sink (into); to get depressed

5

cutting through cloth; sound of cutting through cloth; shrieking sound; woman's scream; cry of the lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

4

spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour

2

palm (of one's hand)

6

roundhouse kick; turning kick

2

second arrow; second move; second step

4

polish; refinement

3

gyration

1

exquisite

4

one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work

2

fully; thoroughly

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

2

there is a tendency; there is a possibility

4

to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

2

tea flavoured with jam

8

heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

6

hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound

8

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

14

tea set

3