jpdb beta

desolate; dreary; bleak

1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

1

falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms

1

appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom

1

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

1

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

5

with these words; while saying

3

early in the morning

1

to rest; to suspend; to give relief

1

to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

1

probability; likelihood

1

office hours; business hours; working hours

1

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

1

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

1

careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

1

to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up

6

useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point

2

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

1

one; one

2

to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble

1

to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)

1

deterrent effect; chilling effect; restraining effect

1

nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

1

to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)

1

safety zone; traffic island

1

fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe

1

sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)

1

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

3

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

3

colorful; colourful

1

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

1

to ask for too much; to expect too much

1

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

narrow; small; cramped

1

even (e.g. even a child)

1

escape; getaway; evasion

1

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

1

to brave a danger; to take a risk

1

bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom

1

no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

2

rather than; more ... than ...

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

1

to burn

1

enemy side

1

concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design

1

coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate

1

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1