jpdb beta

walking briskly; determinedly

2

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

3

why; how

1

conditioned reflex

3

serve; serving (e.g. of food)

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.); walking on the edge of a sword

1

zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh

1

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

2

speed

1

high five; high-touch

1

utmost limits; extremity; limit

1

stirring; slight movement

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

1

foolish undertaking

2

joint (knee, elbow, etc.)

3

wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly

2

being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

1

immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

2

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

2

bottom of one's heart

3

suitable; satisfactory; desirable

2

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

6

belatedly; tardily

1

to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

2

cheerful (look); healthy (complexion)

1

to scrutinize; to scrutinise

3

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

2

not so

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

7

precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed

1

(a) glance; (a) look

1

naturally; of course; understandably

1

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

2

disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

1

in a bad mood

2

prison

1

seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

1

one's physical safety; personal security

4

house built on sand; house of cards

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

2

violence; murder; crime

1

motive; incentive; motif

1

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

1

to continue to do; to persist in doing

1