jpdb beta

before now; hitherto

1

manufacturing; craftsmanship; build

1

wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

3

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

3

guard; security (officer); guardsman

3

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

2

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

3

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

classmate

1

odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

2

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

3

saliva (in one's mouth)

2

molars; back teeth

4

tear gland; lacrimal gland

1

to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)

1

to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar

1

double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

1

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

1

rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail

1

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

1

dark brown

1

bad smell; stink

6

to choke; to have trouble breathing

1

dull sound; muffled sound

2

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.)

1

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

4

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

2

crown (of head); summit (of mountain); easy win for one; something received

1

doughnut; donut

2

floor

5

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

6

warning; advice

8

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

8

at regular intervals; evenly spaced

2

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

great difference; major mistake

1

compared to

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indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1

minimum; minuscule; local minimum

1

miniature

1

pulley; block; tackle

2

ant

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim

2

screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)

2