jpdb beta

function; facility; faculty; feature

3

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

1

lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash

2

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

2

gulpingly; in one gulp

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

saliva; spit; sputum

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

2

heart; guts; nerve; central part

2

to throb; to beat fast

3

decision; determination

1

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

2

thicket; coppice; brushwood

6

being ...

2

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

to walk noisily; to walk loudly

1

full speed

1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

2

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

4

hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured

1

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

2

tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces

1

to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)

5

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

3

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

1

delight; great joy

1

to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)

2

what the?; what's going on?; what's this?

1

decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)

5

vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts

9

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

2

shithead; bastard

1

to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

1

the opposite direction; the other way

1

successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

2

to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

7

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

1

plant; vegetation

1