jpdb beta

four-digit number; thousands column

2

looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

3

in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability

3

tablecloth

1

painting; picture

7

flabby; limp; soft and pliable

2

careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

counter for chairs or seats

1

to burn out

4

to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated

1

soot

3

adhesive; glue

3

to daub; to smear

2

adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering

1

pitfall; trap; pit

7

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1

doing whatever one pleases

10

to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir

5

to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood

1

trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing

1

no matter how much time passes

8

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

1

to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet

1

remote control; remote operation

3

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

7

child's room; nursery

2

stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

4

entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!

1

bare hand; empty hand

4

extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out

1

offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff

5

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

5

stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence

3

time passes

12

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

2

to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

2

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

2

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

3

to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn

1

to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic

3

the reverse; other side; lining

3

warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)

4

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

1

to be as plain as daylight; to be as clear as day

1

direct

4