jpdb beta

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

2

consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

8

murder case

4

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

two ways (e.g. of interpreting a word); two kinds; two types

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

6

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

1

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

3

whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

1

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

6

(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

1

law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement

1

to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe

2

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

6

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

51

head; chief; boss; leader

2

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

5

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

5

subordinate; underling; henchman; minion

3

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

4

penalty; sentence; punishment

1

execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple

1

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

82

to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

4

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

4

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

1

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

2

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

12

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

3

to steal

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

6

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

2

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

4

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

2

equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

15

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

4

advance payment; money paid in advance

1

to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

1

in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

2

perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance

2

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

4

form; shape; figure; visage

6

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

4

not worth considering; out of the question

1

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail

2