jpdb beta

blue

1

graceful; affable

1

to worry; to fret; to get anxious

1

being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet

1

hardness and softness

1

veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; hard-bitten; rich in experience; very experienced

1

to be the worst of the worst; (lit.) to deserve to die ten thousand deaths

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)

1

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

employer

1

in good health; alive and well; going strong

1

old woman

1

fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen

1

language; speech

1

to make up one's mind; to be determined

1

borrowing; debt; loan

1

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

1

to light (a fire); to kindle; to incite; to instigate; to stir up

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

1

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1

cloth width

2

jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling

1

insisting

1

to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

1

one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best

1

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

1

uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully

1

to become well-known; to become common knowledge; to become famous; to be on everyone's lips

1

danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety

1

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

1

activity; briskness; prosperity

1

to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)

1

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

deep appreciation; deep gratitude; sincere apology

1

wintertime; winter season

1

marshy grassland; wetlands

1

sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description

2

weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs

1

unmanned train station

2

to fail to hear; to miss

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one

1

to scoop up; to dip up

1

in one's lifetime; (while) in life

1

sickbed; (hospital) bed

1

to be affected by another's misfortune; to get caught up in trouble not of one's own making

1

copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing

1

to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

2

leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage

1

date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours

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