jpdb beta

how many people; a number of people

1

cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

1

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

2

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

2

to cover one's face

1

good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you

1

bedside; near one's pillow

2

vital; lively; energetic; vital signs

1

electrode

1

intensive care unit; ICU

1

cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end

1

(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

1

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

1

promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on

1

close-fitting trousers; long underwear

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

4

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

2

paper bag

1

across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for

4

to live; to make a living; to get on with

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

1

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

mass communication; mass media

3

several companies

1

leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

5

report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

3

control (by the state); controlling; coordination; air traffic control

5

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

2

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

2

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

4

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

3

benefit; use; good; profit; gains

1

opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)

1

to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up

2

black hair

2

defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying

4

recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)

5

hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

1

thousand-fold

1

afternoon; p.m.

1

nine o'clock

1

red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); thread-waisted wasp (any wasp of family Sphecidae, incl. digger wasps and mud daubers)

1

flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh

1

interval

1

moonlight

1

to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

3

to be harboured (of negative feelings or thoughts); to be rooted in one's mind; to coil; to curl around; to become tangled (e.g. of roots)

2

between life and death

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1