jpdb beta

to select; to pick out

1

obstacle; hurdle

3

hoodlum; ruffian

4

guard; convoy; escort

14

muscular pain; myalgia; aching muscles; sore muscles

1

octave

3

to hesitate to say

1

mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable

7

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

25

expressing one's opinion; speaking one's mind; making known; revealing

1

roar; howl; yell; bellow

4

fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter

3

backstep (dancing, sports); set-back (motorcycle) footrests

4

legs and loins; lower body; foundations; underpinnings

2

to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

4

harmless

2

to blow out; to spout out

2

exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting

1

expression; presentation

2

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

6

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

3

to dress up as; to disguise oneself as; to play the role of

2

value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

1

dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

1

location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place

3

walk; stroll

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

5

evil spirits of rivers and mountains

1

(artistic) accomplishments

1

all; every; all kinds of

1

beautiful place

1

inorganic matter; inorganic substance; inorganic compound

1

semi-darkness; dim light; poor light; dusk; twilight

1

detection

2

radar

1

intercept; interception; counter-attack

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

1

to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

4

without reservation; freely; frankly

1

(power of) imagination

5

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

with one's own hands

2

trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)

2

habit-forming; habitual

1

while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side

3

specific medicine; wonder drug; silver bullet

2

universal medicine; cure-all; panacea

1

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

1

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

1