jpdb beta

home position; origin; usual place (for something)

3

switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)

1

deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths

2

ill-omened; unlucky

1

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

3

from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado

1

just a handful; only a small number (of)

1

slow; slow motion

1

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

2

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

2

to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

2

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

1

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

1

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

2

to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)

1

to throw back

1

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

2

beginning; start; outset

1

beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end

1

to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly

2

noise

13

unexpectedly; surprisingly

2

the sense of hearing

7

sense of equilibrium; sense of balance

1

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

5

very recently; in the very recent past

1

suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

2

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

3

error (in the operation of a machine, vehicle, etc.); operation mistake; operational error

1

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

4

three times

1

friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation

5

to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

3

sad; melancholy

1

(getting) late; about time; good time (for doing something); good timing

1

warm; mild; genial

4

perfect; just right; ideal

1

temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

fatal; lethal

2

hint; suggestion

1

to rust; to become rusty

3

to make a start

1

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

4

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

2

buying and eating sweets (esp. children); between-meal snacking

1