jpdb beta

with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

2

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

1

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

1

to torment; to harass; to tease

1

rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)

1

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

1

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

of course; certainly; naturally

2

anyone can see that; it's obvious that

1

(not) a single person; (no) one

2

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

3

onlooker; bystander

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

9

internal organs; viscera; intestines

1

complaining; nitpicking

1

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

3

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

to brave a danger; to take a risk

1

protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support

2

necessity; inevitability

1

one's way; one's path

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

1

charcoal; charred remains

1

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

1

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1

at once; immediately; right now

2

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

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

1

sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

1

to burn; to get fired up

3

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

1

idiotic; dolt; bonehead

3

picking on somebody smaller than oneself; bullying the weak

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

4

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

2

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

say; well; um; er

3

to ask; to enquire; to query

1

periodic; regular; routine

3

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

bodily sensation; sense; experience

1

troupe; theatrical company

4

member

4

to employ; to hire; to charter

1