jpdb beta

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

3

dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

1

to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way

3

jealous; envious

1

one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives

1

calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable

3

much the same

1

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

1

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

1

to have (something) innate; to be born with

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

2

distant look; faraway look

2

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

1

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

2

irreplaceable

2

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

4

to raise one's voice; to shout

1

completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot

1

home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)

4

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

2

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

1

to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)

2

fit; spasm; attack; seizure

1

emotional instability

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

3

decision; determination; resolution

2

to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

2

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

1

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

1

pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)

1

to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on

5

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

4

ten years; decade

1

means; is; as for

1

hard to get; hard to come by

1

order; sequence; procedure

1

to grin

1

to grasp tightly

3

second person

1

getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)

2

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

1

to be thrilled; to be excited

1

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

2

complete devotion; body and soul; one's best

1

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

2