jpdb beta

feeling rough (of the throat); irritated

1

resin; (tobacco) resin; tar; sleep (in one's eyes, i.e. eye mucus)

4

wooden door

2

colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color

1

provincial dialect; local accent

1

to pound together; to mix together

1

clientele

1

identification; background check; identity confirmation

1

hibernation; winter sleep; torpor

2

the year end; end of the year; last days of the year

1

opium den

6

illegal; illicit; unlawful

1

spacious; roomy; broad; wide; extensive

1

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

1

anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

2

tacit; unspoken; implicit

1

to carry; to bring (to a place)

1

high official

1

phon (unit of loudness)

9

chai; spiced Indian tea (usu. boiled in milk)

9

to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

1

advance payment; money paid in advance

1

goatee

1

to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

rise and fall; fluctuation

1

becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.); becoming blunt

1

opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

1

private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall

1

right end; right edge

1

deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost

1

to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)

1

to take someone's pulse

1

fragment; piece

6

utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all

1

physical strength; brute strength; arm strength

1

opium addiction

4

numb; insensitive (e.g. to pain); apathetic; insensitive; indifferent

3

thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish

1

heat; warmth; sultriness

1

comatose state

1

trial; test

1

pale; pallid; wan; pasty

1

air vent

1

to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape

1

line; a streak

1

sanctuary; inner sanctum

1

fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line

1

reading (books)

2