jpdb beta

succeeding; following; trailing; next

3

car; vehicle

3

scratch; graze; abrasion

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

2

sprint; dash; scampering

1

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

1

U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

crash into; clash

4

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

1

uproar; disturbance

2

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

route; way; course; directions

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

1

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

3

peaceful

2

flight; desertion; escape

3

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

2

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

rocket

1

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

1

next day

1

disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving

1

decision; determination

2

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

2

adrenalin

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

13

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

1

junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

4

(brand-)new article

1

ink

1

to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

4

to ponder; to brood

1

unimpressive; unimpressed

1

sense of purpose

1

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

1

traffic lane; road lane

1

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

2

to follow; to come along with one; to accompany

1

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

4

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

2

to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

1

to run away; to run off

1

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1