jpdb beta

acute ear; good ear

1

having said that; on the other hand

3

violent; rough

4

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

6

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

3

delusion; illusion; infatuation; bewilderment; perplexity

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual

1

lasting quality; good wearing ability; going a long way

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look

1

apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear

4

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

1

impatience

10

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

2

short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

8

to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt

3

waist band; girdle; sash

3

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

4

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

13

to look around; to survey

8

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

11

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

1

horseback

2

site; plot; lot; grounds

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

3

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

3

in order to; for the purpose of; must; should

1

minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)

2

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

2

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

3

considerably; fairly; quite

2

lakeshore; lakeside

1

bare rock; rock surface; rock face

1

to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)

3

quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall

2

considerably; greatly; a lot

2

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

3

still (continuing); as ever; further

1

neck of a horse

2

congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia

1

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

4

to weep one's eyes out

1

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

2

whistle (sound made with the lips)

2

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

2