jpdb beta

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

1

glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly

1

to shed light; to cast light

3

opposite side; opposition

6

sign; signal; cue

2

to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop

1

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

5

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

1

leaving everything up to someone else

1

to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project

4

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

1

half the body; half length

1

beast; brute; animal

2

to bite off

2

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

2

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it

1

to devour; to bite to death

3

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

2

to be fulfilled; to be satisfied

1

to gouge out; to cut out; to scoop out; to bring to light; to reveal

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

consequently; as a result; in the end

1

flame; blaze

1

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

2

disorder; chaos; confusion

1

foreign enemy; outside invader

1

to challenge (a person) to a fight

2

stomach; dietary needs

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

1

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail

1

spread of fire

1

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

8

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

1

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

1

to be in high spirits

1

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

1

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)

1

comparatively; relatively

2

falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)

1

war; battle; hostilities

5

this and that; one thing or another

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

1

innumerable; countless; numberless

3

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1