jpdb beta

nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent

1

information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report

1

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

1

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

1

early rising

1

laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow

2

Russia

1

artificial satellite; man-made satellite

1

Sputnik

1

the atmosphere

1

nothing but; none other than

2

to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed

1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

4

failing to practice what one preaches

1

pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

1

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

1

succeeding; following; trailing; next

1

(for) one's own use; personal use; private use

1

nursery school; day nursery; preschool

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

reward; honorarium; remuneration

2

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

4

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

1

(social) position; status

2

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

1

birth

2

root; source; origin; cause

1

foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

1

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

1

sophistry; sophism

1

knowing only too well; being fully aware of

1

centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power

1

to get change back; to be more than enough

1

good idea

1

periodic; regular; routine

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

3

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

a certain someone; Mr So-and-so

2

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

1

useless; worthless; absurd; baloney

1

to command; to order

1

blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)

1

one's subordinate

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

2