jpdb beta

to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)

1

a few hours

1

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

3

brink; critical moment

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

6

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

3

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

1

lower floor

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)

4

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

2

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

2

middle name

1

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

1

without

2

careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate

2

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

2

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

1

above the ceiling

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

static electricity

1

to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with

4

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

4

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

1

the same kind; accomplice; partner

2

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

2

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

1

to send or direct a person to

2

one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

1

self-consciousness; self-awareness

2

they; those guys

3

to straighten up; to sit upright

1

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

18

bedside; near one's pillow

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

5

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

3

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

some people; a few people; several people

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

1

eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg

2

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

1

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

6

to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head

1

individual; private person; personal; private

1

to frolic about; to mess around

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1