jpdb beta

scarecrow; figurehead; dummy

3

from the beginning; from scratch

1

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

1

(marriage) proposal

3

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

1

spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw

2

throne; first place; top spot; championship

1

all; everything

3

other than; excluding; without

1

desire; wish; aspiration

1

to remove; to get rid of; to clear away; to tear down

1

way of calling (something or someone)

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)

1

to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush

1

excavation; digging

1

(dead) body; corpse; remains

2

burial

1

fatal; lethal

1

to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack

1

because; for; the reason why is ...

1

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

2

to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

2

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up

1

continuous stay away from home; staying on without returning; continuous stay at a pleasure quarter; staying for days on end at a brothel

1

to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

1

laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurd; nonsensical

1

to boast; to brag; to exaggerate

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

2

end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years

1

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

3

men and women of all ages

1

penetrating cold

1

frog

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

antique-looking; looking hoary with patina

1

soundproofing

2

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

1

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

1

trembling voice; quavering voice

1

the public; general public

1

(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)

1

downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

1

to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms

1

to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

2

scaffold; gallows

1

domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost

1

to arrest; to capture; to seize

1

being about to cry; the verge of tears

1