jpdb beta

diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection

1

slightly; faintly

1

smoke; fumes

1

tallow

1

scarce; rare

2

elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

3

to answer a question

1

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

1

passion; temper; irritability

4

explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring

9

vocal sound; tone of voice

8

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

1

curiosity; inquisitiveness

2

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

2

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

1

one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future

3

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

1

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

6

to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

7

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

2

to encamp; to take up positions

3

to change direction

1

perpetrator

2

to serve; to work for; to attend

5

to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

1

bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent

4

to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

1

deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)

4

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

1

to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep

3

poor health; ill health; unhealthy

1

to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)

1

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

3

puffy; somewhat swollen

1

light brown; tawny

6

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

4

one's property; personal effects; one's belongings

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

2

you (plural); all of you; you all

1

trouble; quarrel; dispute

2

camber

1

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

4

to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)

1

father

3

chief; main; principal; important

1

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

conclusion

1

contradiction; inconsistency

1