jpdb beta

eight o'clock

1

groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)

1

stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension

2

nihilistic

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

2

evidence (of a crime)

1

destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment

1

to be in danger of; to be liable to

1

postponement; deferment; adjournment

1

bail; releasing on bail

1

that is; namely; i.e.

1

to violate the law

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

5

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

1

good-looking man; fine figure of a man

2

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

3

grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

2

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

4

complicity

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

pomade

1

initial investigation (by police)

1

how long; how much; to what extent

1

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

4

extermination; annihilation

1

to cross the line; to go too far

1

whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence

1

gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

2

to wrap up

2

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

to force back; to jostle

3

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

1

to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful

3

being good-for-nothing; useless person

1

poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

1

idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing

1

to be at a loss for words

2

mistake; error; blunder

1

mistaken arrest; arrest based on misidentification

1

truck; lorry

2

wounded person; injured person

3

approval

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

1

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

1

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

3

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

1

shooting to death

3