jpdb beta

pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)

1

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

1

bet; wager; stake; gamble

7

disadvantageous; long (odds)

2

rest; relaxation

1

in; at; for

2

with a clank

1

lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill

2

despondency

6

having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed

1

to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

1

to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

1

to assign; to set aside

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

2

(brand-)new article

1

obedience; submission; resignation

1

visitor; caller

1

bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer

1

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

(points of) difference

1

return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge

1

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

1

it is I who should say so

1

pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes

2

superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart

3

graceful; beautiful

3

later on; eventually; afterwards

2

please be careful; please take care

1

distant relative

1

disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance

2

distant look; faraway look

1

it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...

1

to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

event; function

2

inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to

3

clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor

3

otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense

3

to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop

1

feeling of alienation

1

cooking; kitchen work

2

housekeeper; maid

1

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

1

to be free; to be available

1

desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager

2

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

2

office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

1