jpdb beta

to look up

1

for some (unspecified) reason

1

several years; a few years

2

period; term; interval

2

good; goodness; right; virtue

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

1

roadside trees

1

to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

1

protective coloration; protective colouration; camouflage

1

wall; fence

1

road; street; avenue

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

1

full dress; formal dress; uniform

1

assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together

2

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke

1

to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious

1

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

2

gratitude; thanks; apology

2

all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere

1

good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you

2

(doing) together

2

conditional; qualified; with conditions attached

1

feeble complaint; whine

2

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base

1

mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve

1

greatest ... in history

1

to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)

1

(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

2

to shine (of the Sun)

1

blue sky

4

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

8

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

2

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

19

continuing publication

2

number of lines; linage

1

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

1

individual; private person; personal; natural person

1

creed; belief; conviction; article of faith

1

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story

2

point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle

1

(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)

4

reference; allusion

2

progress; advance; making (good) progress

1

to refuse; to decline; to deny

1

to stain one's honour (of a man); to hurt one's reputation; to bring shame upon oneself; to become less of a man

1

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

2

demand; need; demand

3

writer; author

1