jpdb beta

play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

3

to laugh scornfully

1

ordinary person; average person; mediocre person

1

creature; creation

1

to snatch; to steal

1

being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

1

feeble

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner

1

three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)

1

resale

2

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

2

storehouse; warehouse; godown

4

escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

1

(sense of) hearing; auditory perception

3

downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst

1

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

2

inventory; goods on hand

1

sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast

1

crowbar; bar (unit of pressure); bar; café

1

to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

1

unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted

1

to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

3

heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour

1

vivid; clear; distinct

3

street corner

1

recycling bin; recycle bin

1

to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge; to fish

1

old clothes; secondhand clothing

1

Los Angeles

1

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

2

wind and rain; rainstorm

1

watercolor painting; watercolour painting

1

spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed

1

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

4

wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm

1

appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

1

resentment; indignation; anger

2

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

1

reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety

1

California

1

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture

1

friendly; amicable

1

ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...

2

to make one's name well known; to gain much fame

1