jpdb beta

one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance

1

punishment; penalty

3

judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation

1

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

6

the last moment; the very end

2

happy ending

2

they; them

15

interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel

6

to lie face-down

2

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

8

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

3

unprecedented; never seen before

2

to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

1

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

4

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

4

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

11

food

2

to become hoarse

3

pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining

1

container made by cutting a piece of bamboo lengthways; bamboo tube; bamboo cylinder

1

pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love

3

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

to worry about the future

2

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

6

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

1

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

9

to bear fruit

1

surprise attack

5

threat; menace

13

weight; heavyweight boxer

4

material; substance; matter

1

tree; trees and shrubs

5

crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

1

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

3

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

4

boisterous dance

3

direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means

12

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

1

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

2

to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

3

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

4

urgency; emergency

1

reopening; resumption; restarting

4

to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

6

sole (of a shoe)

5

one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress

1

flight; desertion; escape

13

to run down

1

object; body; solid

4