jpdb beta

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

3

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

to push away; to push aside; to shove

2

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

2

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

3

count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)

1

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

3

reproduction; duplication; reprinting

3

to accrete; to become whole; to come together

1

to take into consideration; to bear in mind

1

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

2

to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

2

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

2

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

2

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

4

haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up

1

earthquake

3

cycle; period

1

800; eight hundred; multitude; large number

1

to tremble with fear

1

fast horse

1

to walk away; to walk off

1

natural calamity; disaster

1

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

2

clairvoyance; second sight; clairvoyant

4

to glare at; to scowl at

3

wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool

3

penance

1

depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)

1

cunning; craft; wiles

1

unavoidable; no help for

1

unbelievable; incredible; implausible

4

all-out attack; general offensive

1

to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge

1

empty lot; vacant plot of land

1

central part

2

not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options

2

all-out war; total war

1

in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes

1

to form groups

1

near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person

1

guide; host

2

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

1

even now; still; as yet

4

in good health; alive and well; going strong

4

left shoulder

2

to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock

3

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

4