jpdb beta

liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice

2

to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul

2

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

1

scoundrel; rascal; villain

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

5

scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

8

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

3

to give; to do (something) for

2

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

4

to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime

9

same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous

5

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

4

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

8

to bark; to bay; to howl

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

2

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

2

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

3

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way

1

direction of travel; direction of movement

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

4

to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

2

to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

7

(just) one's imagination

3

immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily

11

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

5

warmth

2

to wrap up

1

high-pitched; shrill

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

6

to run up to

1

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

6

chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach

12

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

59

agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

3

to ascend; to go up; to climb

5

to jump from one thing to another

1

which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow

3

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

up in a tree; in the trees

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

4

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream

1

snake; serpent; large snake

1

pale; pallid; bluish-white

1

to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of

3