jpdb beta

shellfish removed from the shell; shucked shellfish

1

museum

1

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

6

to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal

2

inorganic substance

3

temperature

13

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

14

specialization; specialisation

1

sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant

3

antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives

1

helping hand; help; support; aid

3

to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

1

rigor mortis

3

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

6

sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)

2

to thrust before; to thrust at

5

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily

5

to hang; to dangle

1

(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane

3

big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity

1

gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up

3

carotid artery

3

to bite off

1

approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

1

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

27

vending machine

6

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

6

complete destruction

1

one's last moments; death throes; agony of death

2

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

14

can; tin; canned food

4

to fight against; to oppose; to face

2

flawless; absolute perfection

1

100 percent

2

to prove fortunate

1

telephone table; telephone stand

1

box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)

1

warm-up exercises

1

from here; from this place

2

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

2

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)

1

expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...

1

unrelated

3

acute ear; good ear

1

(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

7

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

10

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

3

on the occasion of; at the time of

2