jpdb beta

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

3

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

8

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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to bring someone to grief; to give someone hell

6

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

7

cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning

2

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

plump; with a thud; heavily

3

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

4

to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

8

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

10

accomplice; cohort

3

to hold up in one's arms

3

to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

5

knife

3

eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey

8

to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)

1

to take off one's glasses

1

pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

3

hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling

2

quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

1

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

1

indicates question

9

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

6

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

6

indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

2

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

1

to move around

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

3

crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

2

to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

2

tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

3

pajamas; pyjamas

3

jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

1

here and there; in places

1

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

2

scratch; graze; abrasion

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

2

covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory

1

large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate

7

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

3

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

3

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

6

questions and answers; dialogue

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

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