jpdb beta

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

2

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

1

brothers; male siblings

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

1

to exchange words

1

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

5

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness

1

vocal duet

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

antique clock; old clock

1

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

tune (melody, piece of music)

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

1

hymn; chant; sacred song

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

evening; dusk; twilight

2

festival; feast; carnival

3

prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout

1

work; job; labor; work

3

labor; labour; manpower; working force

1

aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

1

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

1

breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest

1

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

1

outline; summary; gist; basic points

1

concealment; suppression; hiding

1

mysterious death

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

fundamental; basic

2

without penalty; acquittal; impunity

1

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

1

imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)

1

to make public; to bring to light

1

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

2

serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis

1

this time; now

4

tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

tall (of a person)

1

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

2

to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous

2

to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic

1

wariness

2

internal organs; viscera; intestines

1

to become better; to improve

1