jpdb beta

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

2

long way; distant place

9

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

1

as many (people) as possible

2

evacuee

1

accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission

8

hard fighting

5

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

15

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

3

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

7

defense; defence; defensive preparations

2

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

9

incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting

1

to fly in the sky

3

to do so; to do thus

19

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

5

to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable

1

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

3

suicide by throwing oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death

1

to go into a huddle

2

to bawl; to cry; to scream

2

to sob

2

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

4

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

18

strange voice

2

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

7

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

2

to fly away; to flee away; to scatter

1

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

18

whisper; murmur

3

to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away

1

to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high

3

same age

3

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

4

in spite of; regardless of

1

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

3

to stop (plug) one's ears

2

innumerable; countless; numberless

14

to be injured; to sustain a wound

5

fighting spirit

3

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

3

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

2

unable to find the words to thank someone; unable to thank someone enough

1

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

4

to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength

2

to have a narrow escape from death

1

sense of relief; feeling of relief

2

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

6

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

6

to trample to death; to kill underfoot

1