jpdb beta

prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity

1

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

4

prayer; supplication

2

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

2

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

(about) middle; midway

1

joint; seam; joining point

2

below

1

self-sown seed; self-sown seedling; illegitimate child (e.g. of one's servant)

1

to bud

1

to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

1

amplitude; degree of vibration; range of vibration; degree of instability

1

pine needle

1

weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

2

to gush forth

2

holding out a little longer

1

seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up

1

double doors opening from the centre; double-opening from the centre (e.g. doors, casement windows, etc.); method of filleting fish, chicken, etc. with a central cut and peeling back the flesh

1

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase

3

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

3

removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating

5

to twine around

1

to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

2

indispensable; essential

1

rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water

2

blanket

1

24 hours; twenty-four hours

1

within; inside of; less than

3

public performance; exhibition in a foreign country

1

nap; doze

1

set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo

1

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

3

north side; north bank

1

northern extremity

2

to drink up; to drain (cup)

2

baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread

1

calorie

1

dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

1

to remove; to eliminate

1

to fester; to form pus

1

antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution

1

downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb

1

torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

1

afflux; influx

1

fist-sized

1

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

2