jpdb beta

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

3

to crop; to shear; to cut or trim something evenly; to make all the same length

1

pride; boast

25

(a place) out of one's reach

1

one's own army; one's own team

6

labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

1

weird; odd; bizarre; curious

2

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

4

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct

2

to scratch; to claw

5

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

4

to grapple; to wrestle

5

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

4

losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation

5

waste; extravagance

3

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

7

to cross swords (with)

7

to hurry on one's way

1

unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness

1

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

3

top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar

3

feeble

10

swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering

7

evidence; proof; witness

2

to pierce

4

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

2

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

10

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

3

irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly

5

normalcy; normality; normal

5

to creep; to crawl

4

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

2

even more than

1

conflict; complication; troubles; discord

2

to swell up

16

to compete with; to vie for

2

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

2

to fight to the bitter end

4

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

1

visual hallucination; vision

5

to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp

8

drop (e.g. of water); drip

2

bottom; sole

13

incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar

10

to hurry (up); to press; to urge on

1

merry; joyful; gleeful

11

to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word

2

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

12

to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)

1

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

9