jpdb beta

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

10

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

2

plural; multiple; several

2

by force of circumstance; in the circumstances; given the circumstances

2

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

4

all night; throughout the night

2

to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about

22

club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse

8

drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

2

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

10

invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion

4

uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky

2

showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable

4

good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto

2

bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

2

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

2

casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

2

some days; several days

5

battlefield; battleground

2

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

12

unconscious; senseless

2

intensive care unit; ICU; interface control unit

2

to let one's guard down

5

some people; a few people; several people

12

customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

2

fade-out; FO

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

6

to be settled; to be brought to an end

4

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

2

sincere; honest; faithful

7

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

2

else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides

5

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

6

to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect

2

to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay

2

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

4

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

15

to ambush

4

from now on

2

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

2

to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair

2

seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways

4

prickling; stinging; tingling

2

to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)

4

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

2

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

5

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

9

dawn breaks; day dawns

2

gums; teethridge

4

resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants

2