jpdb beta

eyelid

1

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

2

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

2

gust (of wind); blast

4

to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)

1

to squat; to crouch

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

crater; pockmark

7

to crouch; to squat; to cower

1

consumption; expenditure

1

by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

1

to hand over; to surrender

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

2

to take someone's hand

1

to walk; to move forward; to make progress

2

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

1

end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

1

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

3

to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

1

confession

2

to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken

2

conviction; belief; confidence

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

short time

1

breast pocket

3

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

inside a car (train, bus, etc.)

1

continuation; succession; series

1

variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

to cling to; to embrace

1

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

1

to prepare for death; to get ready to die

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

2

to regret

1

preference; priority; precedence

2

to make light of; to ignore; to slight

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

to choose; to select

4

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

3

desire to succeed in life; ambition to make one's mark in the world

1

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

fate; destiny; lot

1

goddess; female deity

1

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

1