jpdb beta

persuasion

1

to be completely still

1

exploitation; overuse; abuse

1

heavily; profoundly

1

laceration

1

bruise

1

sole of the foot

4

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

2

reliance; dependence

2

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

5

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

4

protection

1

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

2

odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling

1

beyond human understanding

3

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

2

simple honesty; tactless frankness

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

to crouch; to squat; to cower

2

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

2

to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)

1

to ignore; to overlook

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

3

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

4

good-natured old man

1

to do for (the sake of someone else)

3

dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise

1

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

1

outward appearance

2

to cause someone's death; to cause someone to die; to kill

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

2

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown

4

news; word; tidings; omen

2

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

2

meaning; called; said

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

1

just a minute; small quantity

2

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

4

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

5

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

7

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows

1

objection; dissent; protest

2

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

2

duty; obligation

1

in the hand; (something) easily manipulated

1

worldly wisdom; secret of success in life

1

forty; 40

3