jpdb beta

shower; rainfall

1

committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

1

to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

2

to jostle; to crowd; to haggle

1

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

1

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

4

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

3

even more; still more; further

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

1

inequality; unfairness

3

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

2

White knight

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

1

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

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

bottom; sole

2

if I (we, etc.) could

2

flagrante delicto; caught red-handed

1

(medical) doctor; physician

1

to be smeared; to be covered

2

to come to light

1

despair; hopelessness

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

2

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

1

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

2

saviour; savior; messiah

1

atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

2

to hate; to detest

1

to volunteer; to undertake a challenge

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

2

by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat

1

necessary evil

2

pure; true; genuine; unmixed

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

to have a showdown; to settle (e.g. a dispute)

1

The Sign of Four (novel by Conan Doyle)

1

tee-hee

1

Forester; Forrester

3

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

4

live-in (e.g. job)

1

private tutor; coach; governess

1

marriage

7

months (period of)

2

evening meal; dinner

2

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

hindrance; intrusion

2

meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club

1

and then; and so; and; so then

1

abrupt; sudden; unexpected

3