jpdb beta

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

3

to smash; to break

1

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

to let go

1

to ask for understanding

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

1

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

3

to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)

1

to make a fool of someone

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

4

to serve; to work for; to attend

2

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

3

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

1

to talk; to carry meaning

1

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

1

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

3

to do as one likes

4

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

11

complication

1

journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)

1

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

4

profitable plan; good plan

1

to choose; to select

5

efficient

1

to explain adequately; to be accountable

1

neutrality

1

or; otherwise

1

apathetic; indifferent

3

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

1

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

4

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

ago; since; before; previous

1

blow; shock; strike; batting

1

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

1

invisibly; secretly; privately

1

mere; simple; sheer

2

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

2

to be to the point; to be pertinent

1

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

1

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

under control (e.g. of territory)

1

tyrant; despot

1