jpdb beta

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable

1

to hide; to keep to oneself

2

to spend time (on doing something)

2

silence (not speaking); muteness

3

brain; brains; mind

1

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

2

those (near the second person)

7

to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine

1

critic; reviewer; commentator

1

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

4

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

1

spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning

1

reconstruction

1

surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency

2

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

5

thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate

1

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

2

silence; stillness; quietness

3

to throw something to each other; to pass something back and forth; to bandy something around; to take part in a pitching duel

1

comfortable; pleasant

2

only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

3

step; pace; stride

1

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

3

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin

2

asphalt

14

mimesis; mimicry; camouflage

1

uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague

1

long and narrow

1

angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

1

spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

1

14; fourteen

1

second (unit of time); arc second

5

bell; bel; B

2

to open some distance (e.g. with other people)

1

number of times; frequency; count

1

to suspend from; to be suspended (from)

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

6

all eyes; public attention

2

one's mind

2

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1

to stop; to quit; to put an end to

1

bottom; sole

8

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

11

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

miracle; wonder; marvel

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

3