jpdb beta

defense; defence; protection

3

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

1

to attract interest; to get attention to appeal

1

the very best; utmost

2

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

omen

1

waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited

1

extremely familiar; very well-acquainted

1

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor

1

unreasonable demand

1

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)

1

pessimistic; gloomy

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

to change completely; to change suddenly

1

to get used to hearing

3

noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

4

clearing one's throat; cough

2

to get accustomed to using

1

volume (sound)

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

1

to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect

2

bud; sprout

1

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

2

to expel; to drive out

2

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

1

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

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

3

way of reciting; way of telling a story

1

to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

1

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

2

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

error; mistake; slip; bug

1

natural calamity; disaster

1

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

2

group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude

1

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

1

perhaps; maybe; possibly

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

5

to squash; to crush; to flatten

2

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

4

one; one

1

trouble; quarrel; dispute

1

to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for

1

even now; still; as yet

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

3

oneself; myself

2