jpdb beta

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

2

monster

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

1

contagion; infection

1

killing; murder

9

purification; refining; simplification

2

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement

1

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

1

ditch; sewer; canal

1

high class; noble

1

excuse; explanation

1

essence; kernel; spirit; pith

1

daily food; regular diet; staple food

1

compounding of medicine; dispensing (medicine); dispensation (e.g. of heaven); providence; combining

1

skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework

1

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

as (somebody) says

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

4

Chardin

2

lamb

1

whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly

2

ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf

2

forcibly; against one's will

2

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

6

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

1

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

3

idiot; fool; dope

6

being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

5

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

sly; cunning; crafty

1

and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time

3

stratagem

1

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

1

clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

1

literature; the arts; art and literature; liberal arts

1

guardian; protector; patron; parent

1

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems

3

publication

5

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

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)

3

concert; recital

5

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

2

Handel; Haendel; Hendel

1

bluffing; bluster; bravado

1

Mauk; Mook

39

to open a business

1