jpdb beta

the start of a climb up a hill

1

first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being

3

suppuration; festering; coming to head

1

to call the doctor

3

organ (of body, plant, etc.)

10

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

1

to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)

3

taking one's own life; suicide

2

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

1

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

2

to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

1

future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover

1

to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust

1

impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery

3

unbearable; intolerable; insufferable

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

2

to remember; to keep in mind

1

obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse

1

sunset

3

late at night

3

in the morning; during the morning

4

strange; curious; odd

5

to be relieved; to feel relieved

1

hair's breadth

2

dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch

2

peak; peek

1

disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour

2

possibly; maybe; perhaps

1

just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

4

rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation

3

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

3

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

2

nowhere

3

defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation

1

that; the matter in question

4

try to be; want to be

5

liar; fibber

2

to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

2

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

1

talking to oneself

2

brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

4

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

6

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

4

receiving; acceptance; reception

1

certainly; surely; definitely

15

to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

1

quite; utterly; really; completely

6

female private parts; female genitals

3