jpdb beta

to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about

13

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

9

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

12

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

12

for emergency use

1

two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages

2

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

4

fast approach; quick intimacy

4

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

10

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

3

wale (on the skin); welt; weal

2

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

2

nape (of the neck); nucha

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

14

thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound

4

(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

2

to turn off power

13

distributing board (panel); switchboard

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

55

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

16

school duties or affairs

6

slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

2

fumbling; groping

2

illumination; lighting

6

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

4

immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay

1

dull sound; muffled sound

5

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

2

girls college (esp. in names of Christian schools)

1

wooden; made of wood

6

several tens

9

steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)

5

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

12

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

2

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

6

thud; thump; bang

6

before long; even now

7

at least; at most; (even) just

6

with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can

3

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

13

box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)

2

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

2

one edge; one end; one side

1

to switch off; to turn off

5

(a) row; line

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

2

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

3

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

3

warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow

19

slime; sliminess; mucus; viscous liquid

4