jpdb beta

important post; important office; key position

1

presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation

3

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

4

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

3

skeleton

3

walking around at night; night travel; night train

2

pride; boast

4

to face the situation

2

one-eyed; first (in a series); initial

1

hurried construction; speedy laying

1

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

1

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

1

commanding officer

9

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

6

means; way; measure

3

estimate (of costs); budget

2

sharp and able person

1

programme; program; plans; arrangements

3

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

2

to leave one's seat

4

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

2

while; during (the time when)

6

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

1

fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet

10

where to?; whither?

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

4

rush; flood; deluge

5

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

4

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

1

flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

4

to have the nerve to

5

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

4

stomach ache; abdominal pain

2

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

2

three months

1

two months

1

certainly; surely; definitely

2

(your) judgment; discernment

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

3

to show; to display

1

acting; performance

1

to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile

2

not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

1