jpdb beta

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

one hour

4

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

5

reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

3

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

1

to become speechless; to be at a loss for words

1

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

collecting; assembling

1

as (for); for; in the capacity of

6

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

8

observing eye

1

ago; since; before; previous

5

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

chance meeting

1

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

to freeze

3

to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

5

speculation; thinking; meditation

1

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

2

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

5

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

4

adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified

1

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

2

to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

2

to settle (in a place); to settle down

1

harmful insect; noxious insect; vermin; pest

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

2

spider

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

1

real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope

1

intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary

6

to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder

1

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

2

to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

9

roadside

1

main street

1

along

1

cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant

1

neon (Ne)

1

light; lamp; counter for electric lights

1

to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish

2

to stand side by side; to stand in a row

1

... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

1

to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away

3

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

2

to slip through; to make one's way through quickly

1