jpdb beta

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

3

innocent (esp. of a girl); naive; virgin; maiden; young striped mullet

1

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

molars; back teeth

1

soft voice

2

ten to one; nine cases out of ten

1

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

3

pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

2

going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

2

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

3

half-crying; being on the verge of crying

1

to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

1

to pull together with the hands; to adjust (e.g. one's collar); to arrange

1

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

1

without doing ...; don't

1

training (animals); breaking (animals)

3

discipline; training; teaching manners

2

(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly

1

magnifying glass; loupe

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

2

torture

2

success; achievement; fruition

1

fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

2

pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater

1

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

3

reading too much into things

1

remains; leavings; remnant; surplus

1

sympathy

1

abstract or impracticable theory

1

pushy; pushing; self-assertive

1

quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

2

to need; to call for; to require

3

armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

2

high-class item

1

first-rate; finest quality; the best

1

vast; limitless; boundless

3

standard; level; norm

1

homesickness

1

nostalgia; homesickness; longing for home

1

weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui

1

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

3

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

2

pleasant talk; chat

1

to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married

1

why; how come; unfortunately; alas

1

pro wrestling; professional wrestling

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

4

to tear off; to rip off

5

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

jealousy; envy

1