jpdb beta

refining; purification; careful manufacture

1

fire; flame; blaze

5

spell; charm; incantation; magic words

3

fine powder

2

to get dry

8

concrete

5

mortar

5

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

5

atmosphere; air; magnanimous; generous; large-hearted

6

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

2

many thousands

1

double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n

5

vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation

2

storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)

2

production; manufacture

2

stock; inventory; stocking up (e.g. on food); (soup) stock; stock; share; stock (point-in-time economic quantity)

2

performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)

2

lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality

1

cost of materials

3

not insignificant; not to be sneezed at

1

gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money

3

game

6

alchemist

1

second

4

old man

2

aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

6

to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light

1

match (for lighting a fire)

1

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

1

to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits

2

tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

30

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

1

to burn; to get fired up

3

a handful (of); small amount (of); small number (of); trouncing; crushing

1

gunpowder; powder

1

denaturation; degeneration

4

fireworks

2

easy; simple; light

14

empty space; empty sky

10

emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence

1

method; way; manner; process; procedure; means

5

the former; the first

3

on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during

2

training wheels; stabilizers

1

to carry around; to carry on one's person

6

departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

2

to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)

1

pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

1

this time; now

14