jpdb beta

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

5

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

2

to lick

1

to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

8

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

redundancy; superfluity; useless addition

1

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

2

to bind; to fasten; to tie up

1

treating someone like a child

1

sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender

3

to feel at ease

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

bullying; teasing

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

good feeling; feeling good

1

change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)

1

grammar

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

2

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform

1

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

1

to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile

1

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

2

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

2

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

2

unfairness; injustice; partiality

1

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

4

violent emotion; passion; fury

1

lips

1

top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar

3

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

3

to bite; to sink one's teeth into; to nip

1

don't; you can't

1

the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")

1

heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain

1

hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord

1

being left out; being excluded; being ostracized

2

sliced ginger prepared in vinegar (served with sushi); pickled ginger; mimeograph; reprimand; rebuke; overly skinny person

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

to make a sound

3

iron rust; iron hydroxide

1

to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

2

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

2

several minutes; a few minutes

1

gasping

2

substitution; replacement; shifting; change

1

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

1