jpdb beta

electric light

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

3

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

2

flickering; blinking

9

to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze

10

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

12

to have meaning; to be meaningful

4

like this; this sort; this way

4

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

necessity; inevitability

1

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

1

to raise (one's head)

1

cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm

3

to fire into; to shoot into

7

fourth

5

pomegranate (Punica granatum)

1

flesh-color; flesh-colour

1

stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation

3

(right at the) side; just beside

5

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)

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trunk (of the body); soma

2

to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)

3

main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part

3

trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

3

snake; serpent; large snake

6

gun barrel

4

to take away; to carry off

1

at once; immediately; instantly; in an instant; quickly; suddenly

19

severe attack; hard blow

1

single eye; one eye; single lens; simple eye; ocellus

1

jump; leap; skip; bound

6

landing (on the ground); landing place; terminal; (shipping) destination; outcome; final result

11

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

4

to come to mind; to pop into one's head

1

180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)

1

primates

1

the five senses

2

increasing in size; becoming bigger; enlargement

1

body; physique; build; stature

1

noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)

1

tick-tock; chipping (sound)

2

half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position

5

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

17

in order; in turn; one by one

7

compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)

2

spectacle; sight; scene

4

middle of the night; dead of night

1

typhoon; hurricane

2

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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