jpdb beta

to escape

2

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

1

to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into

1

nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown

2

to hold up in one's arms

1

however; because; as

2

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

1

corpse; dead person

1

doll; puppet; figure

6

waxwork; wax model

1

people; men and women; each person; everybody

2

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

1

ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

1

comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...

2

to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment

1

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

1

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)

2

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

3

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

2

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

2

to show

1

last resort

1

to see; to look; to watch

1

next morning

1

to wait impatiently for

2

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

2

relatively; comparatively

1

companion; company

1

police; police officer; police station

3

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

1

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

1

trouble; bother

1

the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult

2

to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

1

to reread; to read again

1

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

1

writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word

1

to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture); to copy out (a text)

1

notches; serration; indentation; notched; serrated; jagged

2

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

2

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

3

the other day; lately; recently; during this period

1