jpdb beta

mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray

2

what nationality

1

father

1

spy; spying

4

movie; film; motion picture

1

to call out; to ask someone to come

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

1

dealing with; coping with

1

shy; bashful; timid; reserved

1

patient; persevering

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

objective

3

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

4

to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

1

in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but

3

hegemony; leadership; initiative

1

at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn

1

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

3

showy; ostentatious

1

harassment; pestering

2

hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined

2

in general; on the whole; for the most part; by and large; almost all

1

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

2

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

1

to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again

2

stress

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

5

viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky

1

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

power struggle

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

1

settlement; solution; resolution

4

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary

1

to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way; to grow freely (e.g. of weeds)

1

currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

2

single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

1

to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself

1

to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

3

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

1

opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency

1