jpdb beta

to pen; to write; to draw

1

asking oneself

1

glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous

1

to draw (identifiably)

1

to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)

1

to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low

2

living necessities; everyday commodities; daily commodities; everyday goods; subsistence goods

1

to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that

1

way of living; manner of living; lifestyle

4

Bertram

74

judging; inspection; examination; investigation; review

1

stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies

1

top secret mission

2

way of taking (e.g. photographs); manner of taking; how to take

3

to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly

1

like that; that way

1

paint; coating; varnish

6

re-coating (e.g. repainting, respraying, etc.)

1

to peel off; to come off; to flake off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour

1

old man; mister

1

hills and fields; countryside

1

root; joint; base; crotch

1

selfless devotion

2

erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion

2

girl; baby girl; schoolgirl; girl pupil

8

to continue to do; to persist in doing

1

youngest

1

sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive

1

slender build; slender figure; leptosome; leptosomatic habit

1

to tide over a difficult situation; to use a stopgap measure in a crisis

2

to think alike; to get along

2

abstention; nonintervention; noninterference

2

the ... in question

1

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

2

exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable

3

toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous

1

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

1

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

1

unreserved

1

gradually; slowly but steadily; little by little; inch by inch

1

congratulatory address

1

harmonious; intimate

4

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

1

speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

3

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

2

sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant

3

to throw away; to abandon

2

any number of times

6

to resort to other means

2

bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant

1