jpdb beta

light color; light colour

1

carpet

2

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

9

intruder; invader; trespasser; raider

3

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion

1

comfort; consolation; diversion

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

2

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

2

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

3

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

1

featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

3

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

there, there

1

unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy

1

gas lamp

2

stoutness; corpulence

2

to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout

5

to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in

2

bloodhound

1

to hang; to dangle

1

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

1

to need; to call for; to require

2

twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)

3

extensive; spacious

2

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

1

hoarse voice; husky voice

1

to start for home; to head for home; to make for home

1

Oxford

3

Harley

1

root; basis; foundation

1

to harm; to cause harm to

1

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

1

feigned illness

1

hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate

1

feigning illness; pretending to be ill

1

extremely

1

and; thereupon; because of that

2

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

2

looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

1

to experience

1

to reason; to sum up; to conclude

1

extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd

1

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

2

gas light; gas lamp

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

2