jpdb beta

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

2

spread; span; expanse; extent

1

to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled

3

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

3

thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)

2

much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

coercive; overbearing

1

gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

9

genuine article; real thing; real deal

3

gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply

1

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

2

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

3

to read the situation; to sense the mood

1

to get blunt; to dull; to wear out

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

2

counter for birds, rabbits, etc.

1

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

3

to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

2

in the ward or borough

1

one (bird)

1

to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers

1

to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab

1

to throw into; to toss into

1

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

2

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

1

(state of) apparent death; suspended animation

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

3

protest; objection

1

heartbreak; grief; sorrow

2

question; query

3

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

3

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

3

thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded

1

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

the whole country

1

woman; girl

1

certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

1

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

1

it seems that; as if

2

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

to differ; to vary; to disagree

2

rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)

1

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

1