jpdb beta

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

4

unfairness; injustice; partiality

4

everyone; one and all

20

to talk; to speak

3

along a wall

1

to help (someone) to their feet; to help (someone) up

2

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

4

to pour on

3

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

14

quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

1

to misjudge; to mistake; to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; to miss seeing; to overlook

1

sharp parting remark; parting threat

1

to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

2

to use up all one's strength; to die

20

to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

7

damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute

13

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

6

to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

6

old man; old geezer

7

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

1

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

5

rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

4

standing at attention; standing stiffly upright

1

good health

3

fool; idiot; moron

2

feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear

2

ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

1

to be bound (by feelings); to be fettered (by); to be overcome (by); to be moved (by); to be touched (by)

1

you; people

1

death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

1

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

41

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

7

liquor-soaked; continuous drinking; daily drinking; binge drinking

2

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

4

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

2

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

9

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

4

to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down

11

with a thud

2

whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke

22

hand used like a sword in striking

2

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

9

to strangle to death

2

invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain

2

one's way (ahead); one's path

6

inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless

1

enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

13

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

5