jpdb beta

to go; to come

5

hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

2

egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

one's best interests; one's own good

1

breaking off; snapping off

5

to be filled to bursting; to burst

2

to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

8

to bite off; to gnaw through

7

to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

13

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; to feel down

1

to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left

2

to lend; to loan; to let out on hire

14

slow-footed

1

middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)

1

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

2

to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered

7

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

10

dizzy; giddy

1

writhing (in agony)

2

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

5

recuperation; medical treatment

2

reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given

3

reinforcement

14

impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery

1

help; assistance; service

1

coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway

3

eight o'clock

3

half day

25

to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)

1

emperor's secret orders

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

11

day and night

2

to keep running

18

a gap develops; a significant difference emerges

1

fog; mist; spray

177

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

1

to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

6

white whale; Moby Dick

555

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

9

villages

2

to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)

6

one's way back; one's way home

6

fuel

2

car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto

1

to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss

3

(with) only the clothes one happens to wear

3

to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in

2

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

7