jpdb beta

hey; yo; hi; come on; hey

1

to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names

1

to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout

4

slow-footed

1

desperation; struggle to the death

1

both feet; both legs

2

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1

to stop in the midst of; to leave undone

1

effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness

1

being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook

1

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

1

agility; nimbleness

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

2

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

(not) even with; (not) even using

1

a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

1

to end in vain; to be wasted effort

2

to glare at; to scowl at

4

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

1

to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

1

obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race

1

exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

1

flat-out run; driving at full speed

1

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

1

(right at the) side; just beside

1

urgency; imminence

2

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

2

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

2

department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)

3

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

2

both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence

1

fifty; 50

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

1

crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift

2

crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack

1

crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp

1

trap; pitfall

2

total (number); count

1

forty; 40

2

line; queue; procession; matrix

1

to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll

1

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

1

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

2

despair; hopelessness

1

bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end

2