jpdb beta

coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting

10

mischief; (child's) prank; (extramarital) affair

1

intentional; on purpose

1

emission; release; radiation; release (of goods, a player from a team, etc.)

2

to temper thoroughly; to train well

2

process; course; mechanism

1

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

3

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

1

to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

4

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

6

arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

1

basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

1

belt (worn around the waist); (machine) belt; belt; zone

3

(made of) leather; leather-bound

1

your daughter; young woman

3

official announcement; proclamation

2

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

6

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

2

currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

3

large number of people

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

1

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

2

characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-

1

hiding; concealment

1

going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

2

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

1

so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...

1

be; is

9

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying

3

tone (of voice); manner of talking

4

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

2

equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched

1

front line; forefront

1

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

1

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

1

being independent; becoming independent; standing on one's own feet (without the use of crutches, etc.)

2

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

3

to shake one's head

2

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

5

secret; private; surreptitious

3