jpdb beta

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

2

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

1

everything; anything; nothing

2

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

2

to drag in; to pull in

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

1

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

1

rapid (e.g. progress)

2

to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

1

dizzy; giddy

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

2

to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to

3

upper

1

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

2

to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)

1

zero; nought

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

5

how; in what way; by what means

7

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

3

shelving; pigeonholing

2

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

3

to be reliable

1

relief; peace of mind

2

sleep

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

2

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

pulsation; pulsebeat

1

exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

2

dim; gloomy

2

indoor; inside the room

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

still; as yet; as of old

7

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

2

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

1

figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person

2

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

1

to be found

1

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

1

to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

6

to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

1

even though; despite; when

3

stepwise; one step at a time

1