jpdb beta

wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

4

with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly

3

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

1

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

3

good old; good old-fashioned

2

heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

5

stability; steadiness; consistency; stable

2

total lie; downright lie

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

4

governor; leader; ruler

2

forevermore; for eternity

1

prosperity; thriving; flourishing

1

to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address

4

to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle

1

pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg

1

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

2

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

2

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

3

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint

3

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

good policy; wise policy; best plan

1

rhythm

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

6

opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke

1

flight; desertion; escape

8

to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)

1

such; this sort of; like this

1

the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat

1

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

2

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

4

special; particular; peculiar; unique

1

cage; pen; (jail) cell

28

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

2

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

2

to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with

2

exit; way out; outlet; vent

1

direct unforked road; straight path

2

to some extent; to a certain extent

2