jpdb beta

paving stone; pavement

8

(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality

5

sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

1

strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly

2

chief; main; principal; important

1

pincushion

2

to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower

1

invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)

2

large household; large family; large group (of people); big organization; great wealth

2

to force one's way through

1

short distance; close range

1

pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

4

forgetting; lapse of memory

2

right in half

1

excess; surplus; superabundance

3

after death

1

nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened

2

to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)

6

mobile; moveable

1

department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion

3

wear; abrasion

1

unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

2

reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)

1

scarf (esp. one worn for warmth); muffler

1

to find it hard to say

2

extreme; extremity

3

officer

1

fixed rule; usual way; usual method

2

ptoo (sound of spitting); ptui; ptew; ptooey

1

to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)

1

to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge

1

spiritual; incorporeal

2

to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

1

peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

3

front or rear of a palanquin (carried by two people); one of two people carrying a palanquin

1

infinity

1

next (spoken) word

1

great success; happy result; good result

2

incense

1

harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage

5

seeing; looking at

2

near; nearby; not far off

2

harmonious; intimate

6

bud; sprout

1

strategy meeting; council of war

5

as soon as; right after

2

to stand on tiptoes

1

full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end

1

(very) fortunate person; lucky fellow; fortune's favourite

1