jpdb beta

vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful

2

serious crime; grave sin

1

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

3

holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail

4

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

3

excuse; pretext

1

to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable

1

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

anger; wrath

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

3

to fall asleep

1

kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food

8

to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)

1

absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

2

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

7

to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off

1

temper pattern of a sword blade

1

deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing

2

formal marriage interview

1

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house

1

formal marriage interview; marriage meeting

6

danger zone

2

graceful; beautiful

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

1

lover; mistress

3

end; close

1

long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

1

firm; company

3

right in the middle (of); midst; height

2

lately; recently; nowadays

3

profile

1

to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)

1

first-rate; finest quality; the best

1

Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

3

you (plural)

1

to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing

3

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

1

portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face

1

according to plan; as planned; on target

2

second son

6

intimacy; friendship; friendly relations

3

a few years later

1

fiance; fiancee

1

to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

relative; relation

1