jpdb beta

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

1

worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom

1

generation; the world; the age

1

pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred

1

son of a bitch; piece of shit

1

mother; wife

1

younger sister

1

now that; since; so long as; because

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength

1

ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly

1

empty space; empty sky

1

one's mind; one's heart; one's intention

1

outskirts (of a town); run-down district

1

rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer

1

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

1

to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

1

yakuza; gangster; mobster; useless; worthless; good-for-nothing

1

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

2

vulgar expression; vulgarism

1

word; language; speech

1

dictionary; lexicon

1

linguist

1

removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone

1

having a dream

1

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

1

intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by

1

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

1

topmost

1

seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant

1

one's twenties

1

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

8

quirky; idiosyncratic

2

blond hair

1

side

2

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

1

forehead; brow

2

smile

1

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

officer below the rank of major; company officer

2

500; five hundred; many

1

guy

2

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

3

remembrance; recollection; recognition

1