jpdb beta

button (clothing); push-button

2

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

7

word; language; speech

7

according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states

1

next; then; after that

2

number one; first; best; most; game; round

20

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

26

what to do

4

hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)

3

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

2

speaker

1

communication line

1

who

3

ten-odd; a dozen or so

2

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

2

urgency; emergency

7

circuit; line

9

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

2

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

2

good grief

6

meaning; called; said

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

2

to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude

1

one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view

1

binoculars; field glasses

1

clerical desk; office desk

1

manufacture; production

1

enterprise; business; company; corporation

21

rooftop

2

blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)

1

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

2

woman

2

(school) period; period or division of time; time limit

1

system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

4

exhaled air; exhalation; expiration

6

mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito

14

to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

2

a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently

1

tsunami; tidal wave

1

to escape

11

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

3

shortest distance (to)

1

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

3

looking away; looking aside

2

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

5

(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

11

good grief

1

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

3