jpdb beta

scaffold; gallows

3

escort (e.g. under guard); convoy

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

1

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

1

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

6

to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful

1

among (them); of (them)

3

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

3

helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret

1

appointed time; timetable; schedule

1

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

deeply emotive; moving

1

long (time); longstanding; for a long time

2

similar

1

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

2

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

1

chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

to open one's eyes wide

3

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

garrisoned forces

1

garrison; guards

2

a long time ago

1

only once

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

1

infant; baby; little child

1

only daughter

1

concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

1

to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone

1

this (very thing); this precisely

1

history repeats itself

1

what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?

1

one way or the other; either way

2

one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

1

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

2

way; method; means

1

west

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

1

prospects of victory; chances of success

2

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

1

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

future (usually near); prospects

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

to accept the conditions

1

bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand

1