jpdb beta

gloomy; obscure

3

roguish; impish

1

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

4

treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning

1

remembrance; recollection; recognition

1

to rush over; to run up to

3

wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily

1

prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

to grimace; to make a wry face

1

with a crack; with a smash

1

to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout

3

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

2

to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)

4

some people; a few people; several people

1

to bring back

1

to take someone's hand

2

savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough

2

path; lane

6

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted

1

to be excited; to be elated

5

boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier

1

alarm; warning

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

3

to be reliable

2

reinforcement

1

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

2

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

2

languid; weary; listless; melancholy

1

inversion; opposition; conflicting; repulsion; contradiction

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very

2

teacher; instructor; professor

2

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

2

negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible

1

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

1

to smoke a cigarette

2

whispering; murmuring; subdued

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

1

position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

1

thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living

1

neck; head; dismissal; discharge

4

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

1

to be slow in saying

1

be; is

1

silence; stillness; quietness

1

to begin to speak

1

being startled

4

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

1

noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

1