jpdb beta

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

11

someone; somebody

10

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

6

unexpected; surprising

8

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

5

speaker

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

2

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

2

to the last; persistency; thoroughness

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

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mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures

2

evasion; avoidance

11

to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)

2

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

7

to take back; to recapture

1

(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard

3

to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through

5

of course; certainly; naturally

7

exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral

1

opinion; view; comment

4

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

11

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

9

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

2

parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement

1

to be at a loss for words

2

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

2

who

12

as (somebody) says

3

corpse; remains

4

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

25

near; close; beside; third person

7

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

13

inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable

2

immediate reply

2

however; because; as

1

particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty

5

testimony; (verbal) evidence

1

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

4

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

2

appearance; figure; shape; form

2

(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

8

to frown; to scowl

7

to cast down one's eyes

2

clenched fist

2

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

11

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

5

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

7

to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square

12