jpdb beta

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

1

capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp

2

operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)

3

mediator; manager; caretaker

1

employee; worker

2

document; official papers

1

employment (long term); hire

1

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

1

small talk; chat; gossip

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

2

inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

4

driver; chauffeur

6

both sides

2

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

1

speaking inarticulately (slurring, lisping, etc.)

1

back seat (of a car); rear seat

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

both sides

1

without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

1

contact area (of an electrical connection)

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

elbow

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

1

something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration

1

strategy; tactics

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

relatively; comparatively

1

advice

2

to give; to do (something) for

1

know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

1

value; worth; merit

2

joke

1

to be softened; to calm down

1

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

grandiose; exaggerated

1

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

stupid brat; son of a bitch

2

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

1

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

2

crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over

1

left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

4

direct hit

1

rearview mirror

2

testicles

1

scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch

2