jpdb beta

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

9

fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion

1

defeat; loss; reverse; setback

6

to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

1

the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket

1

ticket

1

to push aside; to brush aside

2

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

6

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

3

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

5

clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight

1

daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

2

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

3

to laugh scornfully

3

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

2

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

2

skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament

3

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

3

male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute

1

to like; to prefer

4

to thrust away; to send flying

3

declaration of war; proclamation of war

1

to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with

2

to remove; to move out of the way

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

force (bulldoze) one's way through

3

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

body; physique; build; stature

3

to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up

2

self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

7

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

3

power

2

rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor

2

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

1

to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

4

obstacle; hurdle

1

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

5

silent; solemn; quiet

1

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

1

before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

2

back of the head; occiput

1

to summon; to get used to call

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

posture; stance

3

grandiose; exaggerated

1

to collapse into; to flop onto

3

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

3