jpdb beta

otherwise; if not; or else

1

impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order

1

reddish-black; iron blue

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

8

third-rate; third-class

3

insult; affront; disgrace; sexual assault; rape

1

laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig

3

pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others

2

one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face

2

hair ornaments

1

fundamental form; basic form; basic pattern; basic model; basic type; prototype

1

god of death; death deity; Death

2

the way back

1

still; as yet; as it has been

1

to keep silent

1

dusk; twilight

2

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

3

confession

2

to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive

5

thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack

1

scythe

5

mid-air breakage or disintegration

1

reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration

3

to pull down

1

easy to read; legible; clear

1

to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below

3

direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation

2

metre; meter; meter; gauge

1

to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around

5

empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness

1

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

whatever the case; under any circumstances

1

smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell

1

gunpowder smoke

2

national

4

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

2

to chastise; to punish; to discipline

1

careless; carefree

2

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

4

(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole

1

to tremble

2

wind and rain; rainstorm

1

roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open

2

not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar; unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled

3

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

to be of no importance

2

throbbing with pain

1

laboratory

1

to rewind

10

putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)

1