jpdb beta

shoeshine; shoe polishing

1

rope

1

to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

3

prediction; prophecy; prognostication

10

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

ebb and flow

1

whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)

1

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

7

imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-

2

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

2

a swimmer

1

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

6

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

3

grim face

1

one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit

2

splash (of water); spray

2

to knock down; to knock off

1

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

11

drifting ship

2

to indicate; to show; to point to

3

between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves

1

object; body; solid

3

to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling

1

trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)

2

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

at times; occasionally

7

bottom; sole

2

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

4

to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash

1

in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

1

to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done

1

top of a massive rock

1

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

5

eggshell

1

excessive fishing; overfishing; overhunting; excessive taking

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

2

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

8

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

3

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

1

sea level; (surface of) sea

5

horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider

1

army corps; corps

1

clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone

1

wetting; love affair; lover

1

sponge

1

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

curtain; curtains

2