jpdb beta

imposing stance; daunting pose

2

surely; certainly; without doubt

5

to use up; to squander

2

preservation; retainment; keeping

4

though one didn't intend (expect) to

2

child

2

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

15

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

1

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

1

dream

12

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

4

the scruff or nape of the neck

2

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)

4

fool; blockhead; idiot; dunce

1

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

2

to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

3

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

2

to triumph; to be elated with success

3

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

5

some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

2

surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

4

what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on

3

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

3

will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fantuus

1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

3

rubbing one's hands together

1

to occupy much space

1

such; like that; in that way

2

verbal promise; one's word

1

legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)

1

contract; compact; agreement

1

life span

2

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)

1

coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

1

to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

1

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

2

direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)

1

blocking the way; standing in the way

3

end of the earth

1

to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate

3

to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips

1

balance

5

to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled

2

to roll about; to writhe about

2

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

4

to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

1

control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management

2

virgin; innocent young woman

1

immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

4