jpdb beta

high-pitched; shrill

13

to work one's way up

1

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

27

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

5

great majority

3

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic

3

control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management

8

number of persons; personnel

7

flight; desertion; escape

3

to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps

3

to trample; to crush underfoot

1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

3

to lose strength; to become weak; to wither; to droop; to feel demotivated; to lose interest

3

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

1

spurt of blood (from one's victim)

3

engraver; carver; sculptor

1

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

12

miraculous

5

professional duties

4

to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)

3

huge body; large build

19

catapult; ballista; mangonel; sling; slingshot

2

riskiness; (level of) danger

5

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

14

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

2

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

16

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

1

explosion; rupture; break off

5

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

2

to rust; to become rusty

10

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

19

utmost limits; extremity; limit

1

detailed; minute

2

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

14

kick

1

detestable; despicable; abhorrent

2

pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

2

ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly

6

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

10

to leap over

1

to be reduced to ...

5

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

15

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

in good health; alive and well; going strong

5

walking heavily; lumbering

2

languidly; loosely

4

intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse

1

cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

9