jpdb beta

feeding ground

1

tax yields; revenue

1

systematic; organized; organizational

1

to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce

1

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

1

maintenance of public order; maintaining security

1

unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive

2

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

5

population of a fief

7

disappointment; despair

1

labor; labour; manpower; working force

2

free food; free meal

1

to pay out of one's own pocket

1

wife

1

natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes

1

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently

2

to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on

1

old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

understanding completely; understanding all there is to know

2

what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well

3

nihilistic

1

humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners

1

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery

2

to take a vote

1

to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

1

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing

4

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

1

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

5

missing person; runaway

1

support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation

1

first half

1

need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention

2

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

peace and harmony

16

to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

2

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

1

bent back; hunchback; stoop

1

facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone

1

vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point

2

good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab

1

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

2

incompetent; have no merit

1

charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

1

(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

1

live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

2

to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn

2

to marry (of a woman); to get married (to); to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse

1

Murtha

1