jpdb beta

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

2

stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy

1

human body

1

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship

1

sense of pain

8

obstruction; inhibition

1

to clear one's name

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

1

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

2

punctually; on time; as regularly as a clock

1

mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence

4

going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

1

to let one's guard down

2

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

2

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)

1

Moora (Australia); Mugla (Turkey); Mula (Spain)

31

fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

1

I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead

1

meaningless; pointless

1

brainwashing

7

throwaway; disposable; single-use

2

early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild

1

to compare with the eye

2

to drink up; to drain (cup)

1

muddy water; red-light district

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

slum quarters

1

to live through; to survive

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind

1

olden days; former

2

underworld; underside of society

1

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

1

something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts

3

to shake off

3

alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

3

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

3

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

2

skill; dexterity; master hand

1

to prepare for death; to get ready to die

1

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

1

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

to spend time (on doing something)

1

to skin; to peel

1

to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken

2