jpdb beta

drinking water; potable water

1

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

1

petty official

1

tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn

1

season; the times; opportunity; occasion

2

arrival; coming; advent

1

to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass

1

to behave well; to mind one's manners

1

privileged class

1

town

1

Harriet

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

1

one house

1

reclaimed land; cleared land; area opened for development

1

gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness

1

blowgun; blowpipe; (blowgun) dart

2

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

1

excavation; digging

1

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

2

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

1

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

1

mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation

1

medicine; medical science

1

to have a smattering knowledge of

1

to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity

1

several hundred; hundreds (of)

1

(on the) sea; surface of the sea

1

Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking

1

libertine; playboy; lazy person; hobbyist

1

youth; young man

1

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program

4

pharmacist; chemist

1

operating room; operating theatre

2

lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

1

to turn the lights off

1

play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

1

Bromley

1

brown

1

first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade

1

jailer; gaoler

3

skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower

1

cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless

1

game

1

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

1

snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily

1

serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

2

palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

1

to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of

1

killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time

1