jpdb beta

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

4

to be hot on a person's heels

1

willpower; energy; vitality

2

in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form

1

for a while; for some time; for a period

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

1

absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate

1

to talk; to carry meaning

1

feeble

2

to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse

2

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

1

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

2

to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture

3

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

2

true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

7

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit

5

reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

4

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

3

parent and child

1

confrontation; showdown

1

to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter

1

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

2

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

1

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

street; quarter; district; area

1

to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with

2

interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

1

reasonable; natural

1

(another's) parents

1

order; turn

1

to have a talk; to tell a story

2

father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

1

overlapping; piling; stacking

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

2

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

1

having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

2

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

1

resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...

1

to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)

1