jpdb beta

to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

6

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

2

vote against; no vote; nay

1

to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

4

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

2

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

4

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

4

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

2

to make frantic efforts

4

amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching

2

substitute article; back-up

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

to step over or across; to overcome

3

to bring to an end; to close the curtain

1

to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end

2

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall

2

regular army

1

settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)

2

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

3

close; intimate; on good terms

2

doorway; door; hatch

2

partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)

1

crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure

1

raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running

1

brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

1

lineage; pedigree; good family

2

cornered animal; (lit.) cornered rat

1

regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt

2

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

1

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

5

major incident; major happening; big scandal

1

idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

1

parent and daughter

1

An Affair To Remember (film)

1

soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)

2

writing paper; stationery; notepaper

4

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

2

(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address

1

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

wax

1

seal (letters, documents, etc.)

1

piled up high; in a heap

1

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

1

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

2

written invitation

8

stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign

1

being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

1

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

1