jpdb beta

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

1

vexing; irritating; impatient

2

unworthy; unbecoming; improper

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

3

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

1

to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble

1

bet; wager; stake; gamble

1

lawsuit; complaint

4

ultimate; final; last; eventual

1

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

1

anxiety; worry; fear

1

motive power; driving force

1

final; eventual; ultimate

1

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

empirical; from experience

1

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

3

nimbly; lightly

2

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up

3

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

companion; company

2

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

3

grrr; growl

5

groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)

6

matter of time; question of time

1

jump; leap; skip; bound

1

to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one

2

strong interaction; strong force

1

to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat

1

nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

1

forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb

3

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

2

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

3

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

2

body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

1

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

4

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

2

the end

1

tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)

4

to force back; to jostle

3

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

1

companion; follower; attendant; retinue

1