jpdb beta

gently (falling)

1

bath towel

1

standing on one leg; single leg stance

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

3

a lot; loads; plenty

1

transmission; sending

10

roughly

2

yours sincerely; respectfully yours

1

tie up; bind; sum; total amount; judo choking (strangling) techniques; last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping; completion

1

soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby

6

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

3

rolling up one's sleeves

2

headband

1

engine

2

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

2

gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

2

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

3

delegation of authority (power); devolution; empowerment

1

Sparta

1

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

1

rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion

1

something like ...; something called ...

14

to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

8

manly; masculine; like a man

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

8

with a thud

2

handicap

2

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

2

(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion

2

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

3

being lost for words

1

shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

2

of late; lately; this part; this point; here

1

some days; several days

4

to laugh away; to laugh off

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

7

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

16

noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing

1

glasswork

1

alternately; by turns; one after the other

2

curtain; curtains

8

weather

2

downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst

2

to catch a cold

1

to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate

1

showing one's face in public; facing another person

1

sound of rainfall

1

weather forecast; weather report

2

forecast; prediction

1