jpdb beta

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

2

verbal promise; one's word

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

3

exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit

4

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

1

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

6

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

1

taking a picture secretly; taking a sneak shot; making a secret video recording; filming without someone's knowledge

1

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

1

control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management

1

voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)

1

to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

3

all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total

3

independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-

3

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1

to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite

1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

1

impossible

2

to be the case that

2

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

1

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

1

to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

2

to be relieved; to feel relieved

3

emotional strength; force of will

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

1

to be popular

3

stress

2

selection; choice; option

4

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

3

(in) one's own way

1

just a minute; small quantity

2

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

1

teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member

1

forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

1

the very best; utmost

3

should do; ought to do

1

public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

1

to spy out; to smell out

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

2

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

1

to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)

3

to choose; to select

1