jpdb beta

nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

1

to be discouraged; to shrink from

1

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

1

(talking in a) half-joking manner

1

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

3

elderly priest

11

physique; constitution

1

white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb

1

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

4

embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

2

good-natured old man

1

to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden

1

flush; blush

1

certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

2

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

1

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

1

follower; attendant; valet; servant

2

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

2

(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious

1

huge body; large build

2

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

1

vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty

1

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

1

daughter

1

the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)

2

kingdom; monarchy

1

one by one; in detail; minutely

1

state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements

1

to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate

1

colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

1

translation; deciphering; decoding; translation

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

2

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

archbishop (Catholic)

1

to repent; to be penitent

1

heresy

1

suspicion

1

remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland

1

stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person

1

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

2

this much; this amount

1

to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak

2

serious; severe; grave; acute

2

widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally

1

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

1

church; congregation

3

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

1

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

1