jpdb beta

fluent (in a language); flowing

2

in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other

1

artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

2

to get a phone call

2

troublesome; annoying; complicated

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

4

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

2

casual speech; peer language; informal language

1

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

1

having in mind; happening to know of; idea

3

(one's parents') home

2

both; (not) either

1

striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt

1

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

2

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

1

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)

1

to hesitate; to waver

2

trial; judgement; judgment

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

2

penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

3

death penalty; capital punishment

1

political

1

escalation

1

coup d'état; coup

2

criminal insurrection

1

applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

4

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

1

crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility

2

to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug

2

never again

4

wall; fence

1

gallows

1

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

2

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

2

in history; ever; historical

1

ransom

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

1

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

5

delivery; transfer; hand-over

1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

1

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

5

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1