jpdb beta

dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot

1

armrest (of a chair); elbow rest

4

negligee

1

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

3

curve

2

sneaker; sneakers; trainers

1

almost; nearly; close to

1

to finish reading; to read through

2

graceful; willowy; lissome; soft and tender

1

to find it hard to say

1

feminine; effeminate

1

to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture

1

unfairness; injustice; partiality

2

old couple; elderly couple

1

location information (as used by location-based services, e.g. GPS position)

1

husband and wife; married couple

1

to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme

1

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

7

asking for the moon; asking for the impossible; asking for too much; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence

1

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

3

information; news; report; reward; retribution

5

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

2

unlikely; improbable

1

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to someone in person

1

to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of

4

ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful

6

suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows

6

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

3

to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to

2

to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)

1

ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones; sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.); stones used in a foundation; riprap

3

dependence; reliance

6

delusion; trick of the imagination

2

abyss; ravine

5

cover; lid; cap

1

one night; all night; overnight; one evening

1

originally

1

royal palace

1

gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery

1

gold leaf; gold foil; beaten gold

1

fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

2

re-coating (e.g. repainting, respraying, etc.)

1

necessity; need

5

just like; the same as; no different than

1

to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe

1

work of art; artwork

2

(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision

15

all night; throughout the night

2

to put someone to work; to make someone work

1

cheek

1