jpdb beta

old woman

1

relative; relation

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

2

call; visit

2

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

2

old couple; elderly couple

1

crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness

1

to call in; to invite; to bring in

2

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

2

people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

2

remains; corpse; (dead) body

4

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

stealthily; secretly; in secret

1

catch; playing catch

1

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

1

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; thief taker; secret policeman

3

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

lodging house

1

to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs

1

pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

dissection; autopsy; analysis

2

to become clear; to be made public

1

fact; truth; reality

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

2

to hide; to keep to oneself

1

refutation; rebuttal; retort

1

heart; guts; nerve; central part

5

right side; right-hand side

3

empty; vacant; hollow

2

to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down

1

bicycle; bike

1

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

1

weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly

1

plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit

1

Aladdin

1

lamp; light

3

smoke; fumes

1

to gush forth

3

disgusting; repulsive

1

funeral service

3

winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

2

curtain; bunting; act (in play)

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

2

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk

4

altar

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