jpdb beta

to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all

2

black clothes

1

leading; prominent; eminent; counting on one's fingers

1

(points of) difference

1

to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

6

to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to

2

guess; conjecture; surmise

3

moustache; mustache

2

devil worship; diabolism; diabolatry; Satanism

29

fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot

2

noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive

3

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

1

young; youthful

1

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

2

hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

38

(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation

12

usual state of things

1

everyday life; daily life

1

to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge

1

to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

1

fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date

1

church; congregation

14

northwest

3

client; sender

3

to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected

1

iron railing; iron fence

3

to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

1

bell (often globular)

16

binding hand and foot; sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis; being tied down with money

3

kingdom; monarchy

3

jail; gaol; jailhouse

1

you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just

1

solving a riddle; solving a mystery

21

outline; summary; gist; basic points

1

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

3

dash

1

to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

6

water well

7

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

1

conditional; qualified; with conditions attached

2

to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")

1

balcony

2

to ring a bell

1

just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution

1

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

4

entrance

7

evening; dusk; twilight

2

being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

2

silence

4