jpdb beta

puppy; small dog

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

to toady; to be obsequious

1

hook (high point of a song); chorus

1

apology; excuse

1

fee; charge; rate; material

1

selection; choice; option

1

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

1

to save up (money)

1

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

1

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

2

to give a glance (at); to take one look at

1

to temper thoroughly; to train well

2

in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

3

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

2

definite; sure

1

two weeks; fortnight

2

to swing; to shake; to wave; to veer; to deflect; to lean towards

4

long period (of time)

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

mental condition; state of mind; mentality

1

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

mind and body

1

refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

every person; each one; everybody

2

to go out and away; to leave

1

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

1

first of all; first thing

1

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

2

changing the subject; on a different note; by the way

1

body build; figure

3

dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

1

figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

2

boy; son; baby boy; young man

1

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

1

concern; interest

1

ridiculous; odd

1

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

1

to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly

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to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

3

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

1

it is not (like that) either

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once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

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