jpdb beta

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

3

battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)

1

guardian; custodian

1

depths; deep part

1

mud wall

9

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

1

thought; consideration; thinking

5

very; much; greatly; a lot of

2

to take command; to give direction

1

decrease; reduction; decline

2

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

1

roar; howl; yell; bellow

16

(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock

2

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

2

(sharp) creak; squeak

1

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

5

path of retreat

3

last resort

1

to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

1

the very best; utmost

3

disadvantageous; long (odds)

1

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

1

to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run

3

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

4

to call; to summon; to send for; to call together

3

that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

1

successively; one after another

1

aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support

4

to hide oneself

2

immediately following

2

sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling

1

to dissolve; to melt

2

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

3

to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront

2

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

7

drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

2

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

2

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

2

steel

1

strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)

10

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

2

to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

4

change of course

1

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

3

to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to

4

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

5

to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

3