jpdb beta

admirable; laudable

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

8

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

synergy

2

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

1

going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead

3

to push aside; to brush aside

1

good grief

1

look who's talking; I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

1

peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy

2

manner; style

3

criminal act

1

recompense; indemnity; atonement

1

to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

3

decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss

1

support; backing; patronage

1

tenacity; endurance

9

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

2

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

2

only once

2

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

4

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

2

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly

1

portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

2

to do as one likes

1

without

3

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

1

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

7

practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)

5

totally; completely

1

if you think about it; come to think of it

2

to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own

2

to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time

3

rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)

4

seeming sad

2

life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic

2

to mark the end; to spell the end

1

morning sun

1

next year

2

to be touching; to be moving

2

single; solo; solitary; just one; only one

3

to grasp tightly

4

challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive

2

to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry

1

face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

5

man among men; man's man

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

1

belligerent; warlike

1

to lay aside; to set aside

1