jpdb beta

hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

1

to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

5

to succeed; to bear fruit

1

empty space; empty sky

2

focus (e.g. photographic); focal point

2

facing upward

2

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

4

Jeseph; Josephs

1

bee; wasp; hornet

1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

1

to straighten up; to sit upright

1

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

2

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

3

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

3

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

1

one hand

2

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

1

to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour

2

no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

1

atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity

5

poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite

3

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

2

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

3

breathing; respiration

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

2

to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply

1

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

5

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

2

even though; despite; when

6

miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases

4

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

5

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1

to fall asleep; to sleep deeply

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

cause; origin; source

3

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

1

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1

for a while; for some time; for a period

2

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

3

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

5

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

1

to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)

1

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

woman; female; feminine gender

1

same sex

1

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

3