jpdb beta

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

2

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

2

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

8

door; doorway

1

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

1

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

1

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

3

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death

2

glare; sharp look

1

lateness; tardiness; arriving late

3

some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

1

to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled

2

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

1

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

3

to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully

2

holiday; day off

1

give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose

1

(words to) that effect

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

4

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

14

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

2

end; tip; extremities; terminal

1

hectic; topsy-turvy; chaotic

1

to breathe out; to exhale

3

evening; dusk

3

returning home

6

next day

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

7

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

2

etc.; et cetera; and so on

1

eyewitness report; eyewitness information

1

complaint; troubles; objection; grievance

1

large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

2

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

1

mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares

1

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

1

extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

1

if it is the case that ...

5

to collect evidence

1

one by one; in detail; minutely

1

report; information

1

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

1

preference; priority; precedence

3

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

2

rest; relief; relaxation

2

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

2

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

1