jpdb beta

friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship

1

private person; individual

1

useless; deadhead

1

mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling

1

gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike

3

heroic

1

good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler

2

family-oriented; familial

1

superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman

1

to tell a lie; to fib

1

burst of laughter; roar of laughter

2

future prospects; promise

1

pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

1

due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant

2

to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)

1

to attract someone with food

1

without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately

1

humble; modest

1

to look around; to look towards (us)

1

relative; relation; kin

1

to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair

1

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

4

tune (melody, piece of music)

9

honour; honor

2

affected (appearance, attitude); stuck up; pompous; self-loving

2

route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course

2

same sex

1

characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself

1

to assign; to set aside

2

being startled; getting a shock

1

signature phrase; signature saying

1

idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase

1

take a chance; go for broke; nothing ventured, nothing gained

2

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

3

to be smashed up

2

ad lib; ad-lib

1

I pray that; I wish that

1

happy ending

1

to be out of danger

2

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

1

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

2

philandering; itch for women

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

5

outspoken; frank; candid

1

way of talking; speaking style

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform

1

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

3