jpdb beta

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

1

to think of; to come up with

1

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

4

to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

1

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

to pick up; to find; to gather

4

to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

1

normalcy; normality; normal

2

solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy

1

dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling

1

personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis

2

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

5

(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money

1

completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently

3

answering machine; answerphone

1

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

2

to call again; to call someone back

1

many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time

2

to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict

1

multi-storey car park; parking structure; parking deck; parking garage; parkade

2

absence; disregard; indifference

1

despair; hopelessness

2

to come to mind; to pop into one's head

1

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

3

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

1

many people; a large number of people

1

to crumble away; to collapse

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

1

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

3

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

3

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

3

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

3

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

1

to move forward; to move on

4

nausea; sickness in the stomach

2

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

5

clock; watch; timepiece

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

2

corner; nook

1

chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous

6

black lustre; black luster

2

stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm

1

corner; nook; recess

3

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

counter for places, parts, passages, etc.

1

to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel

1

player (of a sport); athlete; team member

1