jpdb beta

influence; clout; leverage

1

someone (something) not to be trifled with

1

calming down; quieting down

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

1

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

1

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

1

to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate

1

both parties; both sides

1

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

4

toxin; poisonous substance

3

to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused

3

looking over someone's shoulder

1

to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire

1

respect; honour; honor

1

opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad

1

sleepiness; drowsiness

1

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

2

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

2

(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit

2

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

4

to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable

3

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side

20

rage; fury; exasperation; indignation

1

one's physical safety; personal security

1

otherwise; or else; if not

3

implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

1

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

5

kernel

1

to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run

2

to leave behind

1

tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation

1

to look upward

1

third; no. three

1

to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge

1

to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

1

to catch off guard; to catch unprepared

1

face (of person)

5

to assist; to help out

4

honorific title; honorific term of address

1

beads of sweat

1

easy; simple; plain

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

bad influence; negative influence

3

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

1

geometric pattern

2

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

2

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

purity (of a substance)

1