jpdb beta

unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold

1

monger; peddling

1

clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs

1

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

1

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone

3

beginning; outset; first; onset

1

shriek; scream

3

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

2

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

1

crybaby; blubberer

1

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

1

white

1

definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

2

elopement; running away with a lover

1

and then; after that

1

obedient; docile; quiet

2

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

6

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

2

handling one's workmen

1

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

that's right; yes; uh-huh

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

3

to be born again; to make a fresh start in life

1

olden days; former

2

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

3

every day

4

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

1

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

1

to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name

3

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

5

to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away

3

to take one's eyes off

3

belief; faith; conviction

1

to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with

1

inventor

1

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

1

gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

1

all; everyone; everybody

1

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

1

invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding

1

grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous

1

clapping hands; applause

2

special exhibition (at museum, etc.)

1

excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)

1

treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash

2