jpdb beta

dusty; dust-covered

1

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

1

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

1

modern crossbow; bow gun

3

crossbow

6

oil-based

1

felt-tip pen; marker pen; felt pen

1

drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; loosely (hanging); limply

2

meaning; significance

2

to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

2

to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over

3

capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive

2

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

5

how others look at you; what others think about you

1

if you are prepared you don't have to worry; it's good to have a shelter against every storm

1

with a bump; with a clunk; yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl

1

public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

1

often; frequently; now and then; occasionally

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)

1

severe; bitter; scathing

2

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

2

secretion

1

new discovery; new invention

1

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

1

accidental death

1

in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

2

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

client

3

limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry

2

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction

1

to prowl after; to keep watch on

1

crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack

2

don't worry about it; never mind; it's OK

1

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

1

skull; cranium

1

to smash; to break into pieces

2

mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly

1

sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged

1

to make a vow; to take an oath

1

gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging

1

loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)

1

sympathy; compassion

1

muddy stream

2

brain cell

1

hard to get; hard to come by

1

to straighten up; to sit upright

1

to be among the top five; to be one of the five best

1

to sob; to be choked with tears

1

unfinished; in progress

1