jpdb beta

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

1

right in half

7

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

12

racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

3

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

21

to raise overhead

5

nosebleed

1

to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down

8

to collapse into; to flop onto

6

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself

5

hollow; mid-air; air; sky

3

night air; stillness of night; cool evening

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

2

big frame; large figure; huge body

4

axe; ax; hatchet

3

to aim at

17

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

4

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

4

virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless

6

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

6

to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth

1

groan; moan; moaning

6

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

8

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

1

legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

anyone and everyone; anybody at all

1

Comanche (tribe)

3

one's first campaign; one's first battle

3

to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of

2

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

2

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

7

spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

10

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

9

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

10

being argued into silence; being left speechless

1

to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward

4

lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down

1

fry pan; frying pan

1

to pretend; to feign

3

the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)

2

ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

1

inexpert or untrained eyes

1

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

2

sympathy; compassion; pity

10

thumb; big toe

9

pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)

5

blow; hit; stroke

34

first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag

1