jpdb beta

spine; backbone; spinal column

1

with a creak; creakily

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

1

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)

1

hand used like a sword in striking

1

minimal amount

1

horseplay; fooling around

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

1

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

2

drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office

19

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1

space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

1

to face each other; to be opposite (to)

4

to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal

1

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

1

without doing

1

to keep standing; to stand motionless

1

oh!; oh?; my!

1

to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile

1

to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

1

to gleam; to shine

1

poor health; ill health; unhealthy

1

to give an impression; to make an impression

1

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

1

power; influence

1

self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness

1

superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart

1

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

2

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

1

small bottle

9

insurance; guarantee; warranty

1

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

1

improvement; reform

2

to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble

2

poison

1

literally; self-explanatorily

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

1

joke; jest; gag

1

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

1

to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer

2

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

3

supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition

1

to die; to ascend to heaven

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

1

fool

1

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1