jpdb beta

wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap

3

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

5

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

10

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

2

very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly

2

insecurity; carelessness

1

concession; conciliation; compromise

5

to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly

3

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

6

fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

2

inscrutable; incomprehensible

2

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)

3

to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap

2

body heat

4

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

6

moving about; stirring about

7

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

2

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

2

around the world; throughout the world

3

to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

1

irritating; frustrating

3

underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet

2

to cast a sharp glance

1

left utterly helpless (e.g. by a curt reply or refusal); have no one to turn to; unapproachable

1

to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep

1

jack-in-the-box; jack-in-a-box

1

foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity

1

floral decoration; floral ornament

7

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

4

feminine; effeminate

1

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

2

to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced

2

to apply; to adapt

2

useless; futile; vain

8

many; a lot; much; multitude

2

small number; few; minority

4

tribe; clan; house

1

throne

24

inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

9

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

12

unique; individual; original; unusual

2

mechanism; organization; organisation

6

abstract concept; abstraction; abstract idea

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

3

to be superior; to surpass

2

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

3

to dominate (usu. one's husband)

1

preface; introduction; preamble

1

throbbing with pain

2