jpdb beta

pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes

1

be; is

4

very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive

1

to do

6

to wait and see; to see how the land lies

1

amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities

5

cream (colour, color)

1

thirty; 30

37

paper money; note; bill

1

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

11

cigarette; cigar

3

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

5

ash; ashes

3

blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding

3

to throw into; to toss into

1

a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort

2

a step; short distance; short time

4

lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation

2

as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

8

midwife

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

4

to fear; to be afraid of

10

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

1

before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)

3

to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen

4

to bring; to take; to bring about

2

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

2

to hide; to conceal oneself

2

seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

3

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

14

form of a retreating person's body

1

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

5

phew; whew

4

scorn; disdain; contempt; slight

1

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

microscopic

1

lips

23

as it was before

4

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

4

to begin to read; to leaf through a book

1

sign; signal; cue

6

page

7

evening; early night hours

11

calls and sounds made by insects

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

3

cicada; locust; small-sized pulley

2

clear; fresh; bright

11

dead of night; midnight

1

nerve; nerves; sensitivity

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