jpdb beta

cannon; carom (billiards); cannon

2

lightning rod

1

weather; climate; disposition; temperament

1

artificial; unnatural

1

destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force

5

tornado; waterspout

4

tent

6

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

5

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

2

curse; spell; malediction

4

doctor's office; medical office; sickbay

1

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

6

laughing matter

1

natural phenomenon (phenomena)

1

vacuum; hollow; empty

3

silence; stillness; quietness

1

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

disturbance; riot; mayhem

2

to go to; to proceed to; to leave for

2

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

3

superstition; superstitious belief

2

to release

1

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

1

to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)

2

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

1

to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about

1

mulligan

8

lieutenant colonel; commander (navy)

4

each; every

2

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

3

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

8

recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)

1

factory worker

1

fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

2

owner

2

to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together

2

in addition; besides

3

to (do) like this

2

contest of strength; trial of strength

1

to leave; to depart; to take one's leave

2

thoughtlessness; indiscretion

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

dinner; evening meal

2

to get angry

1