jpdb beta

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

3

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

1

he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!

11

battlefield; battleground

1

number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.

2

end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

2

to see; to look; to watch

2

rich person

2

government official; clerk

1

oh, yes?; really?

2

well-matched; suitable; becoming

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

2

loan; advance

1

last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)

1

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

2

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

1

lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy

5

to bear fruit

6

to have the nerve to

2

to pilfer; to steal a portion

2

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

1

to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions

2

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

1

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

1

space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart

2

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

to ignore; to overlook

2

fit of anger

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

2

kalpa (eon, aeon); ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones

5

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

2

to spread; to be propagated

1

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

1

pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix

2

without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...

2

at that (very) moment; just then

2

hundred thunderclaps

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

7

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

1

crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

1

passenger

1

in very small pieces

2

I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

3

to write (a person) up (in a positive or negative light); to write something up so that it stands out; to write up in an exaggerated fashion; to detail; to list

3

one room

3

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1