jpdb beta

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

3

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

1

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

1

to control; to command; to get the better of

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

2

less than ...; smaller ...

1

bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses

4

to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

1

(opening of a) wound; cut

2

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)

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

2

to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

1

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up

1

to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

1

puddle; pool of water

1

to make a sound

2

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of

1

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

1

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

1

to make a pilgrimage

1

to cure; to heal

1

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

1

to do

1

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

4

remainder; the rest; what is left

2

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

2

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

2

sea of blood; pool of blood

3

pale; pallid; bluish-white

1

to shed light; to cast light

3

rapid (e.g. progress)

1

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

1

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

5

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond

1

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

2

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

1

to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

3

to come back

10

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

2

older brother and younger sister

1

both (people); the two of them

2