jpdb beta

modest; reserved

1

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

2

light meal; snack; refreshments

1

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

1

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

1

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

1

frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range

1

loading and unloading

1

may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry

1

old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated

1

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

laugh line; smile line; nasolabial fold

1

Cyrus

106

sealed letter

3

perusal; one reading; reading through (once)

1

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

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

2

trivial matter; trifling thing; something ordinary

1

thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst

1

lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means

1

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

1

gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over

1

thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood

1

dignitaries; very important persons; luminaries; big shots; VIPs

1

without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch

1

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

accumulation

1

simple; easy; convenient; handy

1

hasty; rash; impatient; restless; quick (to draw conclusions, make decisions, etc.)

1

uninvited guest

1

branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family

1

to run around; to bustle about

1

to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court

1

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

1

skull; cranium

2

ability; skill; facility

1

reverence; awe; respect

1

sphere of influence

1

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

1

semi-transparent; translucent

2

ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains

1

large explosion

1

to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to

1

to lack

3

traces; evidence

1

black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher

3

counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW

1

revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

2