jpdb beta

school gate

2

to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

5

forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front

2

covered in mud; mud-caked

6

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

2

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

3

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

2

observation; survey; watching

1

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

2

to walk down the road

1

passing through without stopping; passing by

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

2

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

1

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

1

refusal; rejection

4

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

1

to shake off

2

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

1

to run away; to run off

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

3

to sniff; to smell

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

1

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

1

to thrust before; to thrust at

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

1

forcibly; against one's will

3

looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

1

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

3

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience

2

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

1

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

1

heartening; reassuring

1

lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

1

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

5

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

2

long ago; already; a long time ago

1

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

to be slow-footed

2