jpdb beta

entreaty; supplication; petition

5

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

7

pride; boast; credit (to)

1

gasping

1

to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

2

immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

1

to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)

4

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

3

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

4

to trample down; to devastate

2

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

10

to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

4

to lose one's life

1

to engrave; to carve out

1

fate; destiny; predestination

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

9

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

to survive; to live long

2

turning point

1

one day; (on) a certain day

1

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

1

something; some kind of; for some reason

1

to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

8

resistance

1

windpipe

2

to break; to smash

14

chest; breast

2

stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)

2

taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication

1

prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited

1

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

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

3

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

1

to obtain; to procure

2

almighty; omnipotent

4

pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

3

that is; namely; i.e.

3

to drag in; to pull in

6

reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

mother

5

piled up high; in a heap

1

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)

1

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

1

persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate

3

with all one's strength; with all one's might

1