jpdb beta

to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow

1

uncertain; vague; ambiguous

2

in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case

1

to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

3

to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

1

suffocation; choking; asphyxia

1

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

2

Strange stories from a Chinese studio (by Pu Songling)

1

wandering; rambling; roaming

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

1

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic

1

tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story

1

bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

1

waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day

1

ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

1

dawn

1

sobering up; method of sobering up

1

strong; intense; severe

2

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

2

to choke; to have trouble breathing

2

absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming

4

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

only; nothing but

1

to balance the accounts; to make consistent; to make coherent

1

to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

1

maze; labyrinth; inner ear

1

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

1

real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally

1

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

1

light; faint; pale; fleeting

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

4

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover

1

direct

1

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

1

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

1

to bawl; to cry; to scream

1

quarter of a century

1

to twist; to distort

1

spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus

1

bullet; shot; shell

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Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

1

repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

2

soldier; sailor

1