jpdb beta

to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

2

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

2

revenge; retaliation

1

to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at

1

to beat time; to mark time

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval

3

to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup

3

unprecedented; unique; unparalleled

2

matter of time; question of time

1

muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness

1

anguished; distressed; worried; horny

1

presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others

1

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

being cleared (of doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)

1

to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)

2

to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

2

to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

1

very easily

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

2

to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess

1

to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)

1

bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis

1

adult; grown-up

3

weight

1

rather; better

1

short time

1

tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe

1

blood

1

backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation

1

on the occasion of

2

temporary; transitory; short-lived

1

throughout the body

1

one side

1

contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

full speed

1

limit; bounds

1

to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

4

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

1

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

1