jpdb beta

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

three; 3

9

four

2

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

3

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

2

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

2

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

11

to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)

3

even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little

1

tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

general idea; concept; notion

2

fifty; 50

6

to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

1

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

4

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

1

without

2

system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

1

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

5

one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime

2

observation; survey; watching

1

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

1

to hide oneself

2

arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent

1

expression; look; countenance; face

1

companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

2

prospects of victory; chances of success

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

1

to count; to enumerate

1

seventy; 70

2

main body (of an army); main force; these troops

1

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net

1

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

1

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

1

side; flank

1

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

2

quickly (esp. actions); suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

in order; sequential; seriatim

1

to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst

1

without a moment's delay

2

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

5

bark; howl; roar; bellow

3

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

4