jpdb beta

to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel

3

putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage

2

prison

1

a cappella

1

to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

2

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

3

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power

4

to pull up; to haul up

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head

2

to take someone's hand

2

amplification; magnification; amplification; making larger

1

sound

3

direct

1

innumerable; countless; numberless

1

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace

3

lively motion; throb

3

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

1

electrical signal

1

violent explosion; bursting

1

almighty; omnipotent

1

through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of

2

to accrete; to become whole; to come together

1

feelings of guilt

2

time assigned to one; (one's) allotted time; time limit; teaching load (in hours)

1

in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that

3

climax

4

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

minimum; at the very least

2

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

7

to make one's rounds; to patrol

2

civic guidance; non-curricular educational guidance; medical guidance

2

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

4

to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

2

cable; cable railway

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

2

to pretend; to act (as if)

2

to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat

3

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

2

to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back

2

to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

2

to reattach

1

to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

7

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

1

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

1

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

4

interruption; suspension; break

5

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

5

unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short

2

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

3