jpdb beta

brick

4

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

27

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

2

the reverse; other side; lining

3

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

10

passing mark

1

one's assessment of the situation

1

to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)

1

sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly

2

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

4

to bend; to warp; to lose heart

2

lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper

1

moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

17

coal miner

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

3

sword wound; sword cut

2

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

5

bulldog

2

pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

2

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

2

Colt

2

short; brief

1

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

10

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

true value; real worth

1

expert; skilled hand; person of experience

1

to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up

6

quick firing; rapid firing

2

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)

13

one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

1

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

3

along (wall, coast, river, etc.); alongside; following

1

to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

6

full; wholehearted; utmost; overall width

1

now that; since; so long as; because

3

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

2

moving about; stirring about

6

to gape; to open one's mouth wide

1

to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse

2

until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

22

state of tension

1

to mark the end; to spell the end

3

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

3

breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure

3

life span

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

3