jpdb beta

to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate

3

order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence

1

rebellious; defiant

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

2

bluffing; bluster; bravado

1

being in too deep to back out; having gone too far to retreat

1

to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

5

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

1

agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance

4

(mutual) understanding; communication; passing without obstruction

1

telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism

1

duty; role; function

3

all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost

1

one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

3

alone; by oneself; on one's own

1

to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

3

through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of

4

(the) positive; yang (in Chinese divination); the open; visible place

1

if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose

1

bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling

2

direct relation

1

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

3

to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict

10

although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again

1

ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition

2

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

5

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)

1

on and after; from ... onward; since

9

to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)

1

as (someone) says

5

superstition; superstitious belief

2

old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder

2

regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification

4

generation

1

firmly rooted; deep-seated

1

paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal

3

worship; adoration; admiration; cult

4

taboo; contraindication

1

society; the world; the times

3

to ignore; to overlook

1

offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other

1

both (people); the two of them

5

burnt corpse

2

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

swallowing; understanding; comprehension; apprehension

1

calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation

1

paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight

1