jpdb beta

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

1

to pierce; to penetrate

1

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

as one promised

1

to state; to express; to mention

1

to shake off

8

thereupon; shortly thereafter

2

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

3

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

that sort of; like that

2

day after day; day by day

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

2

from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

1

to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

3

right opposite; directly across; just in front of; face to face

1

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)

4

container; receptacle; vessel; packaging

1

to scoop; to ladle out

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

1

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

2

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)

1

salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

3

way; method; means; resource; course

2

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

4

extent; scope; sphere; range; span

2

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

3

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

2

to watch steadily; to stare

1

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

4

inside one's heart; in one's mind

3

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

3

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

3

unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?

1

with a start; with a jump

1

crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic

1

to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch

2

to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn

1

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

1

quiet; still; surreptitious

1

breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance

4

to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

3

shade of tree; bower

1

as always; as usual

1

calm; composed; self-possessed; firm

1