jpdb beta

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

3

fool; idiot

1

coming to nothing

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

4

to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

3

interruption; suspension; break

1

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

oh; yes; huh?; hm?

3

to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

18

snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation

1

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

1

habit; behavior; behaviour; trait

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

4

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

distributed, decentralized arrangement

1

at once; immediately; right now

4

crustacean

1

petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization

8

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch

3

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

2

curved surface

4

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

1

the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

1

by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means

1

to be similar to

1

following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing

2

chance; opportunity

1

intention; aim; design

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

4

merry; joyful; gleeful

2

special seat; box seat

1

continuation

2

to be in a fit (of anger); to rage

1

vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept

1

to wriggle

2

walking heavily; lumbering

1

reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes

1

ricochet

3

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

2

supplement; complement

1

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

2

still; even now; to this day

3

demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed

1