jpdb beta

gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter

1

not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work

1

a little; a few; small; only; just; merely

2

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

2

sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination

1

great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

4

wild; rough; unrefined; unpolished; rugged; tough

1

nail art; fashion nails

1

criminal; culprit

2

alcohol; sake

2

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

2

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

2

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

1

exit; way out; outlet; vent

1

rational; reasonable; logical

1

lucky shot; fluke

1

crescent; crescent lock

1

locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

offender; criminal; culprit

5

mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit

1

will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness

2

Scotland Yard

1

you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

1

farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation

3

monster cat; cat with magical powers

1

the good old days; halcyon days

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

just a little

2

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

frequent; incessant

1

to be replaced with new growth

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

1

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

3

real hair; one's own hair

1

body hair

1

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

1

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

2

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

3

from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first

1

denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval

1

to come to realize; to become aware (of)

3

byway; side street; cross street; wrong way; digression

1

narcissist

1

to set aside

2

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition

1

headache

1