jpdb beta

one's future; one's fate; prospects; one's way; one's path

4

expression; presentation

2

jetsam; jettisoned cargo

1

balance; equilibrium

1

reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy

2

datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin

2

to be pregnant; to be with child

3

stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly

2

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

2

ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power

1

pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)

1

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) 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; 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; new item

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

one'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