jpdb beta

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge

1

intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex

1

to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)

2

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

3

head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

2

to stare back (at); to glare back

1

carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease

1

to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)

3

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

1

complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict

1

holy war; crusade

2

chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

2

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

2

pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison

1

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

9

to kill one's enemy (opponent)

2

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

1

evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy

2

vomiting; emesis

1

feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection

2

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

4

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

3

it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

1

slow; late; too late

10

impudence; cheekiness; impertinence

1

arrow; wedge; chock

2

affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like

1

to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good

3

to be too late; to be too slow

3

to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

1

small number; few; minority

1

legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense

3

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense

1

to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle

1

another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking

2

to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse

6

persuasion

5

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

2

preaching down; breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

2

to serve God

2

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

1

limit; bound

1

to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)

2

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1