jpdb beta

head; lead; vanguard; first

2

antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit

4

close call; narrow escape

1

to grimace; to make a wry face

1

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

3

thirty; 30

2

in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

1

dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off

4

quicksand

1

pitfall; trap; pit

2

zone

1

to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart

1

high in the sky

1

pincushion

1

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

1

tornado; waterspout

3

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1

first; new

1

beckoning

2

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

1

cage; pen; (jail) cell

1

safety first (principle)

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

1

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

2

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

1

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

2

as if it were about oneself

1

with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes

1

to bud; to sprout

2

loneliness; desolateness

1

scouting; reconnaissance

1

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

3

annoying; provoking

4

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

2

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

2

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

putting into operation; invocation

7

(animal) collar; necklace; choker

25

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

6

ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy

1

to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out

2

master; expert

1

boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)

2

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

2

ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

2

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

2