jpdb beta

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

2

reason; pretext; motive

4

abandonment; desertion

1

murder; murderer

1

to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in

2

anyone and everyone; anybody at all

1

to run around

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

2

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

2

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe

3

to return; to come back

3

information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing

2

crime; offence; offense

1

sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple

1

honest person

1

to let (someone) take hold of your hand

1

letter; missive; note; mail

2

to grimace; to frown

2

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

2

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

2

inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

2

to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

1

to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto

1

the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

child

2

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

1

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

2

indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

3

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

2

worst case

1

immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily

1

(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone

2

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

2

chain; chains

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

1

to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic

1

to occur; to happen

2

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

3

unlikely; improbable

1

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

2

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1