jpdb beta

(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping

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a foolish or stupid look

1

there is a tendency; there is a possibility

3

to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)

1

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

5

epidemic; plague; pestilence

1

sleeping sickness

1

famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)

1

prevention; check

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

5

I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity

4

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

1

Chinese person

2

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

3

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

1

seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries

1

pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic

1

coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment

10

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

1

short pants; shorts; breeches; knickerbockers

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

4

to giggle

4

moment; instant

1

cream; ice cream

1

17; seventeen

1

preparatory phase; preparatory period

1

after; since

1

(at) one bound

2

hot topic; talk of the town

1

to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent

1

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

2

to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

2

record of an interview

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

lower house; lower legislative chamber

1

question and answer session

1

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

2

bundle; pack; bunch

1

opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)

1

the very best; utmost

1

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored

1

opinion; point of view

2

the British Empire

1

the whole nation

1

amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

2

large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; swarm

1

daily

2

ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

6

right in the midst of; right at the height of

3