jpdb beta

firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

1

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

5

proposal; proposition; suggestion

5

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

6

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

22

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

4

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

2

hostage

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

7

before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill

1

to accept the conditions

1

one hand

9

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

6

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

1

armament; soldier's equipment

1

to check through; to thoroughly investigate

1

temporary; transitory; short-lived

1

permission; approval; authorization; license

7

one by one; in detail; minutely

1

to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

3

I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves

1

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

1

mere; simple; sheer

3

Cheshire

2

ash; ashes

1

behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

you (plural); all of you; you all

6

exception

4

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

2

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

wedding anniversary

1

to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

3

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

1

to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)

3

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside

4

everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular

1

unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

1

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

2

imagination; supposition; guess

22

unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

1

among (them); of (them)

3

loose-tongued; talkative

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

4

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

3

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

6

denial; negation; negation; NOT operation

4