jpdb beta

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

3

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

2

interference; intervention; meddling

2

to do so; to do thus

4

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

1

he; him; boyfriend

8

very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast

1

should do; ought to do

1

troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

1

to emit smoke

1

hawk; falcon

1

like; as if; the same as

1

viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

3

behind one's back

2

to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs

1

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

3

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

1

disregarding; ignoring

5

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

3

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

8

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

3

astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast

1

classmate

2

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

2

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

1

in a bad mood

1

ID card; identification card

1

good grief

2

appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

1

delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee

1

extortion; shakedown

1

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

7

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

3

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

2

what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

1

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

2

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

5

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

1

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

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

3

bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

1

inconvenient

1

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

2

elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)

3

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

1

being ...

2