jpdb beta

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

2

depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

5

to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped

1

to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to

1

drawn-out (protracted) war or contest

2

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

2

sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen

4

stare; gaze; fixation

2

to look old; to get old

2

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

3

running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

1

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

4

to decide; to determine

4

to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy

1

world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign

1

appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

2

the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come

3

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

1

to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)

1

how many; how old

1

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

1

smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume

1

to ride upon the winds

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

3

completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

4

carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand

1

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

dark bay (horse coat color)

1

to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span

1

leader of a delegation (body, party)

3

highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master

2

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

2

Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

2

river; stream; River; the ... river

1

Fargo

1

(river) delta

1

river; stream; River; the ... river

3

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

4

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

moat; fosse; canal; ditch

1

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

1

(made of) stone; stone-built

1

bridge

1

sandbag

1

tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber

4

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

1

closing; closure; shutdown; lockout

1