jpdb beta

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

1

counter for people

1

rate; ratio; proportion; percentage

1

with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves

1

to drool; to dribble; to slobber

1

this evening; tonight

1

dining table

1

be; is

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

2

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

2

to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

1

count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)

2

to take time

1

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

2

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

2

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

5

to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins

1

origin; beginning

1

simultaneously; all at once; in unison

5

cloud of dust (sand, etc.)

1

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

1

in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

2

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate

10

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear

3

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

2

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

2

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

3

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

2

sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

2

poof

4

last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order

6

to make a serious effort

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

1

to step firmly; to harden by treading

1

good grief

1

to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient

1

half

3

to be slow-footed

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belly; abdomen; stomach

6

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

2

grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

7

to become hungry

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that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

1