jpdb beta

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

1

before one's eyes

5

fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment

1

to be needed; to be wanted

3

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

2

just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)

1

comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

4

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

2

(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming

2

sulky look; sullen look

1

indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

5

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off

1

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

1

to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

1

shape up!; act properly!

1

plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward

3

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

1

longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

2

left; left hand side

2

side

1

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

1

hair ornaments

1

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

2

bustier

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

1

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

19

inner; underwear; undergarment; innerwear

1

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

5

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1

best; vest

1

to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing

1

mule (animal); mule (women's footwear); spinning mule; Compton's mule

1

shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

2

which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon

3

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

2

colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

1

money; metal

4

impression

5

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

9

by myself; in person; by oneself

11

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

13

elegance; refinement; grace; aroma

1

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

2

gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy

5

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

4

to force one's way; to push through

1