jpdb beta

slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)

1

dim; gloomy

2

to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out

2

to moan; to groan

5

shameless; shameless person

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

1

to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick

5

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

discerning (quick) eye; keen insight

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

3

nephew

8

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

1

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

youngster; neophyte; greenhorn

1

low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key

3

ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

2

to stick into; to pierce; to run into

5

edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)

3

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

2

(body) weight

1

tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)

3

narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining

3

fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)

2

capture; seizure

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

6

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

2

eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

1

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

5

to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle

3

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

1

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

3

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

3

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

4

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

2

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

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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

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

5

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

12

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

1

callus; callosity; corn

1

great difference; major mistake

3

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

1

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

3