jpdb beta

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire

1

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

1

serves you right!; see what happens!

2

sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

blunt weapon

3

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

2

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

5

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

mantlepiece

1

image; figure; figure; form; image

1

discovery; detection; finding

1

just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

1

to give up (an idea or plan); to abandon; to refrain from (doing); to change one's mind

1

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

2

honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest

1

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

2

coming; going

1

match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi

2

proud; haughty; arrogant

3

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

2

above; more than

1

realistic; pragmatic

1

to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations

1

slight; little; insignificant

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

2

flexible; lithe; soft; calisthenics

2

in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range

1

paper

3

bundle; bunch; sheaf

1

to go on reading

1

looking pale; looking unwell

1

secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening

3

private; personal

1

since when; from when; how long

1

study period

1

substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect

1

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2

careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

easy; simple; light

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

2

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

2

hard worker; hardworking person

1