jpdb beta

thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)

2

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

1

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

1

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

to lean over; to lean in

1

to experience

2

sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

coward; wimp

1

way; method; means; resource; course

3

I; me; you; (arch.) manservant

2

oh!; ah!; oh no

2

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

2

one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick

1

to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)

1

treating someone like a child

1

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

1

big man; large man; tall man; giant

1

losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

1

does not; can not; will not

1

flame; blaze

4

infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless

2

to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting

1

murder; killing; murderer

3

smoothly; easily; readily

1

as always; as usual

2

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

2

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature

1

fiction; fabrication; concoction

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

1

to be conceited

1

(the) ignorant masses; untaught populace; unlearned people

1

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

1

to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)

3

to have a reason; to have an excuse

2

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice

1

convenient

2

that sort of; like that

1

fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

1

but; however; although

4

true to one's name; living up to one's name

1

protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

3

to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

1

extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument

2

fortune; luck; chance

1

good performance; good work; great success

2

hate; hate crime; hate speech; hate; threat

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1