jpdb beta

house for rent; rented house; renting a house

2

drink at home with one's evening meal; dinner-time drink

3

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

4

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

1

three; three years of age

2

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

2

wife

1

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

brush tip; first on a list; head; chief

3

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

1

to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

2

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

to have the nerve to

5

to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

3

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

4

from the beginning

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

opinion; view; comment

1

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

4

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

6

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

1

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

4

uproar; disturbance

3

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

3

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire

1

to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip

4

in addition; besides

2

to explain adequately; to be accountable

1

don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying

1

to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)

1

objective

1

surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it

1

surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed

1

to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved

1

too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

acting; performance

6

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

1

one bottle

1

stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock

1

beer mug; stein; tankard

1

to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

2

wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect

2

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

1