jpdb beta

gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

10

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

11

muzzle (of a gun)

13

to splash; to raise (e.g. prices)

1

bombarding; shelling; bombardment

5

hair's breadth

4

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

9

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

12

power; might; authority; influence

11

wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration

1

just above; right overhead

5

shot; buckshot

16

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

20

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

1

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

1

to rain incessantly; to downpour

3

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

4

to jostle; to crowd; to haggle

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

2

as you see; as you can see

2

(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking

1

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

5

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

3

sheep (Ovis aries)

1

jostling; crowding

3

eyebrow; eyebrows

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

4

scum of the earth; monster; fiend

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

walk; stroll

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like

2

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

2

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

guess; conjecture; surmise

1

to request earnestly

1

shotgun

1

too much; excessively; too

11

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

1

ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless

2

(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper

9

resonance; sympathetic vibration

2

Nero

17

pleased to make your acquaintance

1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

3

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

2

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

2

to speak; to hear a voice

5

to talk; to chat; to chatter

4