jpdb beta

myself

9

capital; funds; seed money; asset

2

to bear fruit

2

dust; cloud of dust

1

to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

1

to weigh on one's mind; to worry one; to be concerned about

2

quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already

2

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

6

with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)

1

to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack

5

windy; windswept; blowy

1

hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating

4

metallic sound; metallic clank

1

with a start; with a jump

1

to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in (e.g. mud); to get bogged down in; to get lodged in

7

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

2

lipstick

2

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

5

sunny spot; exposure to the sun

1

cot; bassinet; crib

1

sobbing; weeping; whimpering

1

screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation

1

to come out completely; to be fully expressed (of views, ideas, etc.); to be aired fully; to be exhausted; to run out

1

(period of) one year

2

bruise

2

scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion

1

pert; tomboyish; impudent; (arch.) gallant; (arch.) chivalrous

1

stickily; glutinously; persistently; insistently; tenaciously

1

sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

1

to go into a huddle

3

rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

10

along (a wall, river, railroad tracks, etc.); alongside; following

1

food

7

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

2

destructive blast; blowing up; explosion

3

lucky; fortunate

1

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

1

passage; path; route; one's way

1

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

2

close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth

3

morning sun

4

splish-splash; with a splash

9

to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

1

ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge

1

pig iron

1

firedrake

1

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit

10

to catch a cold

6