jpdb beta

acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand

1

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

1

gag order; gag rule; gag law

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

4

some people; a few people; several people

2

everyone; one and all

1

incommunicative; taciturn

1

even

1

hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)

1

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

1

promising without due consideration

1

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

2

work of art

1

carving; engraving; sculpture

1

Schubel

1

master painter; artist

1

going through; going via; going by way of

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

point of view

1

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

Miranda (Venezuela)

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

3

both sides

1

the State

1

board

5

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

1

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

3

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

5

serving a master; employee

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

1

killing two birds with one stone

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

4

Sha-ra; Shaara

7

in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)

1

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

1

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

2

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

1

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

1

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

4

to be of help; to be useful; to go toward

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

2

client; sender

2

in use; occupied (e.g. toilet); engaged

1