jpdb beta

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

1

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

heartbeat

1

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

2

blood vessel; vein

1

explosion; rupture; break off

1

pressure; oppression; suppression

1

internal organs; intestines; viscera

1

to stop talking; to be silent

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

always; constantly

1

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

to put on (coat, gown, etc.)

4

timing

3

The Doll Family

1

to half-rise to one's feet

1

shotgun

6

iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast

5

gun point; muzzle

7

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

balance

1

even

2

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

1

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

2

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

guess; speculation; supposition

1

to cross one's mind; to be reminded

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

1

to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

now that; since; so long as; because

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

rustic; rude; vulgar; rough

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

2

to tighten; to press hard

1

to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

4

behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing

1

somehow; for some reason or other

1

to watch for an unguarded moment

1

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

1

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

advance payment; money paid in advance

1

client; sender

1

to spoil; to rot; to corrode

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

vision

1

dispersing; vanishing

1

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

1