jpdb beta

Mahren; Meulen

12

Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police

23

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

2

assailant; marauder

2

garage

6

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

trio; gang of three; threesome

1

leader; leading figure

1

red hair; ginger hair

6

proof; evidence; sign; witnessing; testifying; testimony

2

count; earl

15

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

2

to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces

1

(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

1

to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)

1

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

1

servant; menial

3

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

highly skilled; skillful; very capable; particularly able person; master-hand; person of ability

1

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth

4

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing

1

vacuum deposition

1

manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

3

to speak through the nose; to nasalize

3

viscously; stickily

1

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

1

commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies

6

Bruges

29

LaShelle

5

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

warm up (e.g. engine)

1

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

5

wife and children; (arch.) wife

1

to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape

1

hence; for that reason

7

Watteau

26

poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

1

small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)

1

stray dog

2

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

inspector general; commissioner

5

body

2

to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

1

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

2

feeling in the hands (when striking, poking, etc.); (feeling of) resistance; response (to one's efforts); reaction; (having an) effect (on)

3

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

3