jpdb beta

antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

1

top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper

1

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

2

throat

1

support; stay; prop

1

superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

3

leather shoes; leather boots

3

muzzle; snout

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

3

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

6

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

1

never again

3

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

5

back of head

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

2

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

short squeeze; loss-cutting of short positions

1

(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

1

wise; clever; smart

1

wonderful; splendid; magnificent

1

evident; plain; distinct; clear

1

definite

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

to prepare for death; to get ready to die

1

after

5

several seconds

5

absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

2

mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief

1

law

1

(romantic) love

2

to take to; to let one's heart go out to

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

4

recompense; indemnity; atonement

2

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

2

refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing

2

to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

1

lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point

1

eyelashes

1

distance; range

3

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

2

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

vast; boundless; vague; obscure

1

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

ague; intermittent fever; the shakes; malarial fever (old name)

1