jpdb beta

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

4

facing; opposite; across the street; other side

2

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

8

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

3

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

2

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman

1

with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

2

close to the wall; alongside the wall

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

4

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

3

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1

in the same manner as before; the same as always

1

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

1

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

3

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

3

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

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

2

clause; article; stipulations

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

3

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

2

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

1

process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work

1

one's person

4

to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain

11

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

1

guard; convoy; escort

2

to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

2

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

3

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

4

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

2

danger; peril; hazard; risk

7

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

3

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

2

to gush forth

2

to stiffen; to become stiff

5

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

to unsheathe

2

to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

6

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

3

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

2

by sheer strength; by brute force

2

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

1

root; source; origin; cause

1

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

2

however; whatever

2