jpdb beta

height; acme; extremity; end; limit

1

careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

1

to have the privilege of doing

3

opinion; intention; thought

1

suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal

1

technique

1

one's real father; natural father; biological father

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

1

impoliteness

1

virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

1

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

2

to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance

1

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

1

that in itself; as such

1

glue (usu. from animal and fish bone, skin, etc.)

1

to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

1

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

hollow; cavity; hole; cave

1

assembly; aggregation

2

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

4

to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)

1

unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward

1

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

2

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)

2

optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary

1

unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

2

ho-ho

1

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

1

pure white; snow white

2

feathers; plumage; down

2

to glare at; to scowl at

1

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

1

to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert

7

golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour

1

artificial arm (hand)

4

adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done

2

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

2

sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair

1

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

3

to drop one's shoulders

3

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

warm; snug; cozy; cosy; comfortable; pleasant

1

bingo

1

shy; bashful; timid; reserved

1

shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety

13

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

3