jpdb beta

excuse; pretext

1

oh!; ah!; oh no

1

sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly

3

good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

4

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

4

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

1

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

1

firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly

1

unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely

1

pilgrimage; pilgrim

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

3

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

boundary line

1

fifty; 50

6

bell (often globular)

5

to cross a river

1

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

17

bicycle

1

mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)

2

sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)

1

general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

3

residence; housing; residential building

1

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

1

grey; gray; ashen

2

weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

4

to get slightly dirty (all over)

1

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

6

outward appearance; looks

3

river; stream; River; the ... river

4

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

6

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

4

in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

2

dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot

2

dim; gloomy

2

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

2

to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

3

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

2

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

radius

1

extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

6

to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed

2

to grimace; to frown

2

reluctant (to part)

1

that is to say; so that means

3

battle; fight; combat

9

difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

1

(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary

1

to increase; to add to; to augment

1