jpdb beta

the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result

1

unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable

1

improvised; impromptu; extemporaneous; off-the-cuff; ad-lib

1

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

1

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

3

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

6

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

1

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

4

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

1

most; extremely

3

to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)

1

crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue

5

one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N

1

phosphorescence

1

impossible to understand; impossible to decipher

1

lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love

1

cooperative; helpful

2

chuckle; giggle

1

production (e.g. play); direction

3

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

2

ventriloquism

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

next week

2

assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor

2

one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve

3

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

4

each time

1

whenever (each time) one sees (it)

1

feigned; pretending (not to know)

1

pretending not to know; feigning ignorance

1

self-indulgence; doing as one pleases

1

don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me

1

breakdown; rupture

3

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

1

lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)

1

great haste; mad rush

1

rebirth; new birth; nascent

19

screech; squeak; squeal

1

year in, year out; always; 24-7

1

to be affected; to put on airs; to pose

1

senior; elder; person older than oneself

3

escalation

1

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

5

split among friends; falling out; internal discord

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

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)

3

large-breed dog

1

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

1

to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)

1

whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless

1