jpdb beta

to build; to construct

1

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

4

sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy

1

people

5

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

5

crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

village headman; village mayor

2

200; two hundred

1

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

what day; how many days

2

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

1

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

1

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice

2

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

1

to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match

1

atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

4

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

3

news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition

1

execution

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

2

we

2

reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)

1

reinforcement

1

even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...

1

just because; even if; even though

3

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

1

something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah

1

to fit; to suit

1

rational; reasonable; logical

2

choice; selection; option

1

dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)

2

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

1

mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose

1

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

1

great grandma

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

2

to need; to call for; to require

2

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

2

motive; incentive; motif

1

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

1

patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

1

to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

1

at once; immediately; right now

2