jpdb beta

sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

2

close; intimate; on good terms

3

hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)

1

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

2

lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)

2

to form a line; to queue up; to line up

2

half the number; haploid

1

enshrinement

2

to project; to stick out; to stand out

1

silver (color, colour)

1

Arthurian romances

1

(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter

1

lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation

1

does not

5

taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)

9

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

challenger

1

sphere; circle; range; category

1

large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive

1

hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

5

upper arm

1

fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake

2

cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack

1

whichever one chooses; either way

3

healthy; robust

1

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

2

weakening; emaciation; decline

1

fraud; swindle

1

application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

1

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

5

to relax; to take it easy

1

renewal; update; innovation; improvement

1

naughty; mischievous; rascal; naughty kid

1

times at bat

3

batting average

1

home run

1

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

2

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

2

way of speaking; intimation

2

chasing after women; womanizing

1

sense of defeat

4

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

4

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

2

to have one's hands slip (and drop something)

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

1

one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

2

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

4

(my) wife; inside the home; one's family

4