jpdb beta

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

3

to escape from; to get out

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

11

to take one's eyes off

1

injury; wound

1

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

2

to shout at

1

trembling from fear; trembling all over

2

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

2

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

6

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

3

bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh

1

mental; spiritual; emotional

2

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

1

completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

3

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

2

to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)

1

to threaten; to make threats

1

clattering; rattling

1

this occasion; at this time; now

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

4

mediator; peacemaker; troubleshooter; manager

2

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

2

quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already

2

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

6

assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon

2

this morning

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

impressive; striking; memorable; impactful

1

indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon; excuse; justification; making amends for a previous misdoing

1

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

2

high-handed; oppressive

1

it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...

1

you (plural)

2

desperation; self-abandonment

1

windpipe

1

to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)

2

to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

twitching

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

3

in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

to knock down; to utterly defeat

1

to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over

3