jpdb beta

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

3

offense and defense; offence and defence

3

to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

2

sharp; keen; acute

1

armor; armour

1

to pierce

2

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm

1

to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress

3

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

1

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

1

break in the deadlock

1

thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts

1

deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff

1

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

3

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

3

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of charge); freelance; independent; freelancer; one-size-fits-all; free skating

2

spot; point; place; position

1

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

1

thread; yarn; string

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

3

preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking

1

wire; wire rope

3

trap

1

simple honesty; tactless frankness

1

mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated

1

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

1

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

3

flight; desertion; escape

1

to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for

1

effect; virtue; efficacy; one's dominant eye

1

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

1

target (e.g. of a marketing campaign); subject (of a survey, investigation, etc.); intended audience; eligible person; person entitled (to); recipient

1

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

3

belligerence; fighting spirit

1

cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot

1

violent

1

swordsmanship

1

bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)

3

two shots

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

grotesque; bizarre; weird; grotesque (style)

2

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

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