jpdb beta

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

2

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

2

two days later; day after next; next day but one

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

3

impassioned speech; fervent speech

1

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

1

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

2

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

unfriendly

4

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

5

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

1

without permission; without notice

1

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

this for sure; certainly is

1

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

6

forcibly; against one's will

1

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

1

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

2

to recall; to remember

1

conviction; belief; confidence

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

3

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

2

to act; to take action

2

to thrust down; to push off

1

according to (someone)

2

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

1

to become pale; to turn pale

1

confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)

1

at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)

2

urgency; emergency

1

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

1

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

2

conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence

1

person concerned; interested party; related party

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

1

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

1

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

1

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

1

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

4

cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

2

to lose one's footing; to slip

1

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

1