jpdb beta

(written) work; book; writings

3

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

1

foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)

3

one large ...; a great ...

13

rare; strange; odd; peculiar

12

information; news; report; reward; retribution

8

having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...

2

to bring; to take; to bring about

1

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

2

price tag; price label; tag displaying a base price which cannot be reduced by negotiation

1

close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)

1

to assume an air of importance; to stand on one's dignity

1

having no hobbies; lacking interests; humdrum; tasteless; prosaic; vulgar

1

notice; notification; report; posting

1

to be comprehensible

1

lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

3

to draft; to write a rough copy

1

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

1

self-praise; praising oneself

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

1

to be finished; to be completed; to be done

1

carving; engraving; sculpture

1

speedy; as rapid as possible; as soon as possible

3

foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

6

division

4

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

Tristram; Trystram

1

Stern; Stearn; Sterne

1

counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun

6

(in the) good name (of); (fine-sounding) pretext; good reputation; good name; beautiful name

1

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

2

detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material

2

coming to an end; dying out

1

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

2

exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed

4

obligation; duty; charge; responsibility

3

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

2

nonconductor

1

infection; contagion; becoming infected

1

to fall in love

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

strong opposition

1

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

3

lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)

2

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

1

(your, his, her) daughter

1

bright person; talented student; prodigy

2

to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully

6