jpdb beta

hoist

1

first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least

1

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

2

(looking) very bleak; having dim prospects

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

1

way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)

3

worried look; worried expression

1

laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

1

to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)

1

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

1

sharp and able person

1

now is the time

2

near; close by; within reach; familiar

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

1

country road

1

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

1

to arrive (by car, bike, etc.); to drive up to; to draw up at; to get used to riding; to get used to driving

1

along; parallel to; in accordance with

1

secret; private; surreptitious

2

thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood

3

possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

4

waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort

1

travel; trip; journey

1

endurance; perseverance; patience

1

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

1

case (container); case (instance, situation); case

1

carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover

1

to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve

5

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

gravel path; gravel road

1

to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)

1

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

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

2

two

3

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

seventeen; 17

4

eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

continuation; succession; series; continuous

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

comfort; consolation; diversion

1

payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing

3

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)

2

worries; cares; troubles

1

tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt

3

moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)

1

(verbal) message; word (from someone)

8

to choose; to select; to pick (out)

1