jpdb beta

pillar of fire; blazing column

1

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

1

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

1

covering; protection; backing; relief

1

house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband

1

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

1

sky; air; mid-air

2

many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

3

moving about; stirring about

1

front line; forefront

1

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

1

wounded person; injured person

1

various places; several sources

1

scratch; graze; abrasion

1

to invade

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ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

2

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

2

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

4

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

1

status

2

title; name; degree

1

evil god

8

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

2

offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff

3

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

1

proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative

2

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

he; him; boyfriend

1

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

1

acceleration; speeding up

1

to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on

1

to be perturbed; to be agitated

1

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

1

pit of the stomach; solar plexus

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

1

to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

1

to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

1

soul; spirit

1

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

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