jpdb beta

to be kind to; to treat kindly

2

wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention

2

close; intimate; on good terms

1

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

1

to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

15

he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing

5

a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

1

irresponsibility

2

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

2

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

1

limit; bounds

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

26

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

2

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

3

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

3

to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)

2

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

5

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

2

cheerful; lively; lighthearted

1

to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind

12

to take one's eyes off

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

14

focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

2

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

ant

4

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

2

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

11

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

2

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

14

food

3

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

1

scene; spectacle; sight; view

6

to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse

9

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

6

bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

18

wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

5

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

2

gradually; slowly but steadily; little by little; inch by inch

2

to continue to increase; to continue to mount

1

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

4

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2