jpdb beta

great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

2

that's true; of course; obviously

1

serious; severe; grave; acute

1

to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate

1

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

1

young girl; lass; adolescent female

3

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

(Catholic) nun; sister

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

6

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

2

singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity

1

use; utilization; utilisation; application

3

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

2

to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)

1

different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

3

portion; section; part

2

to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)

7

severe earthquake; violent tremor

1

to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken

1

chaps (in the skin); cracks

1

one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

1

case; occasion; situation; circumstances

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

2

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

5

from the beginning

1

to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to rise (of the tide)

1

to come true (of a dream, wish, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled; to be granted; to be answered (of a prayer); to be requited (of love)

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

bull's-eye; the mark

1

to get dry

1

actually; in fact; as a matter of fact

2

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

2

to keep standing; to stand motionless

2

beat; mora

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

3

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

1

to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

1

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

1

surely (not); certainly (not)

1

thigh; buttocks; arse; ass

1

swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort

1

spacious; vast; wide

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

4

question; query

1