jpdb beta

excuse; explanation

9

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

a sound; one sound

2

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

3

(something) one does not really mean; insincere

1

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

1

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

1

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

1

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

4

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.)

2

to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool

1

to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree

1

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

1

escape; getaway; evasion

2

any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

1

at once; immediately; right now

3

to get lost; to become lost; to go astray

1

to grimace; to make a wry face

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

3

myself

2

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

1

to open one's eyes wide

4

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

5

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

2

behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast

1

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

2

to do a silly thing

1

absentmindedness; peace of mind

1

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

1

to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

1

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

1

quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

to glare at; to scowl at

1

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

1

heat up

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

2

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

second year of high school; second-year high-school student

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2