jpdb beta

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

1

unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch

1

commanding officer

1

to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

2

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

counter for people

2

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

2

one machine; one vehicle

1

guidance; leadership; leading the way

3

guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

2

agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

1

to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing

1

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

2

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

2

to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back

1

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

1

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

1

some days; several days

1

intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy

1

largish; biggish; a little bit larger

1

settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony

4

population; common talk

1

in one's own way or style

1

to meet; to greet

2

fever; febrile disease

1

moo (sound of a cow); moo-cow; moo-moo

1

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

1

pitch black; deep black

1

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

1

without gaps; closely packed; always; usually; often; frequently

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

1

joints; points (of a speech)

1

adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with

1

memory; sense; experience

1

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

to stare back at; to look back at

2

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

6

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

1

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

3

to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...

1

counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift

1

extensive; vast range; wide scope

3

breath; breathing; tone; mood

5

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

2