jpdb beta

down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with

1

half-nakedness

1

taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass

1

receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)

3

idle talk; chit-chat; gossip

1

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

1

searching; rummaging; (arch.) fishing; (arch.) collecting shells

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

5

preservation; retainment; keeping

2

severe; hard

1

in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether

1

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

2

to invade

2

preceding paragraph; first part

1

to do (a person) good; to bring profit

1

only recently; just of late

1

as soon as; right after

1

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

1

support; stay; prop

5

mantelpiece

1

practical question; practical problem; practical matter

1

loud (of a voice)

1

a day or two

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

1

courage; nerve; grit

1

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

1

calming down; quieting down

3

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

1

incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league

2

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish

2

with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply

1

sick person; patient; invalid

1

recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo

1

for dear life; barely escaping alive

1

flight; rout; debacle

2

followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

2

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument

2

outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)

3

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping what you sow; making a rod for one's own back

1

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

1

to recover; to be healed

1

physical; bodily

2

serious wound; hard blow

2

nowhere

5

someone else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore

2

to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor

1

future; distant future

1

implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation

2

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

2