jpdb beta

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

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

8

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

1

mystery writer; detective fiction writer; crime author

1

human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem

1

head; brains; intellect; understanding

1

to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)

3

setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.); setting a theme (for composition of poetry)

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

9

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

1

guess; conjecture; surmise

1

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

2

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

5

to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry

1

clearing one's throat; cough

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

to be the case that

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

5

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

2

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

5

every day

2

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

2

settlement; solution; resolution

1

until now; so far; up to the present

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

1

means; is; as for

1

knowledge; information

2

experience

1

accumulation; accumulate; store

1

yellow; amber

11

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

3

most; extremely

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

3

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

9

actually; really

1

I; me

10

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

1

writing; book

3

-th (e.g. one fifth)

1

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

4

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

1

publication

4

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

4

reading (books)

1

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

1

was

7

to repeat; to do something over again

1

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

2