jpdb beta

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

2

full

1

demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling

1

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

1

four handed performance (on the piano)

1

not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is

1

one's social position; one's place; one's standing

1

to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

1

high compression; high pressure

1

collarbone; clavicle

1

to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

2

flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)

1

prayer; wish; vow

1

hard struggle; strenuous effort

7

boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

1

coarse; rough; crude

1

close associate; close aide; brains-truster

12

magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view

2

territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

4

distress; wretched condition

2

cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)

2

entreaty to a deity

1

to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate

3

this world; this life; world of the living

7

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

4

collapse; downfall

1

battle formation; disposition of troops

8

having little experience

1

holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary

7

taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love

1

self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

1

agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

2

rapid-fire

3

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

4

ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

4

to yield; to give way to; to make way for

4

to wait upon; to serve

1

wild enthusiasm; being crazy about

4

praise; glorification; extolment

1

sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways; leafhopper (insect); jassid; sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes); levelling off (of prices, etc.)

2

puddle of blood; pool of blood

1

to warm; to heat

1

had better do so

2

fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot

1

fertile shoot of field horsetail

1

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

2

origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity

1

dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death

2