jpdb beta

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

3

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

my sympathies; that's too bad; my condolences

1

confession

10

torture

16

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

1

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

1

to chastise; to punish; to discipline

1

pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

1

national traits or character; nationality

1

natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

3

nature; property; disposition

1

because of; owing to; due to

4

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

2

uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

4

to put to shame; to humiliate; to disgrace; to rape; to assault; to violate

1

clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

3

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

3

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

1

a certain ...; some ...

3

as we know

1

catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

1

height; acme; extremity; end; limit

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

1

deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)

1

to rescue; to free

2

certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet

3

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

3

months and years

2

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

6

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

2

saviour; savior; messiah

1

knowledge; information

2

cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do

1

sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

1

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

2

opposition faction

1

bubble; foam; froth; head on beer

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

you; my dear; hey

1

head

1

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

4

unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue

2

that sort of; like that

2

race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)

3