jpdb beta

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

3

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

biggest; greatest; largest; maximum

12

to pick a fight

1

clenched fist

2

willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

3

wrist

2

kick

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

4

one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate

4

to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded

2

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

5

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

1

congeniality; satisfaction; gratification

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

7

real intention; true motive; true meaning

2

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

8

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

2

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

1

to accept; to receive; to agree

5

faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

1

pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

9

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

13

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

lips

5

drying; dryness

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

dehydration

4

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

1

warning; advice

16

alert; warning

21

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

6

obedient; docile; quiet

3

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

3

pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse

2

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

8

throat; singing voice

2

to get dry

4

what

5

to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

1

help; aid; assistance

1

to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of

1

to take out; to drag out

1

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

5

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

5

amenity

1

to become empty; to be emptied

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

5

long ago; already; a long time ago

5