jpdb beta

amber

1

counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face

4

thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off

2

ankle; malleolus; ankle bone

1

fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery

1

dragonfly

1

immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

2

gradually; little by little; step by step

3

greasy; slimy; slippery

2

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

2

dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure

1

irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating

1

camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment

2

gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)

4

undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows

1

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

1

exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash

3

5th day of the month; five days

6

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

2

one third; a third part

1

two thirds

1

spread; span; expanse; extent

2

bridge girder

2

no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

1

above all else; more than anything

3

to pep up; to cheer up

3

brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular

2

huge win; overwhelming victory

1

to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain

2

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

4

to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with

3

to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)

1

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

4

woodpecker

1

to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily

1

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

2

ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless

1

whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound

4

to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around

2

to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed

1

creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly

1

sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint

2

clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt

1

to crawl on one's stomach; to lie on one's stomach

1

grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly

5

just a little

2

to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

3

to breathe

3

to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

2

sentry; guard

4