jpdb beta

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith

1

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

1

precisely because

5

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

5

very; extremely; excessively

26

back of the hand

1

to comb one's hair

1

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

mere; only; just; slight

12

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

3

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

4

to laugh away; to laugh off

1

superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

4

end; break

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

16

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

6

to walk

31

back; rear; background; behind the scenes

4

oil lighter (for cigarettes); kerosene lighter

1

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

20

quickly; swishing; whooshing

1

stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus

1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

2

sigh; long breath

27

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

19

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

3

glass; pane

9

afterglow

2

on one hand; on the other hand

4

east side; east bank

2

thin or diluted ink

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

3

indigo blue

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

3

orange (fruit, colour)

4

street light

7

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

4

to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning

2

to head home; to leave for home

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

13

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

8

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

1

coming home from school

2

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

3

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

2

sports ground; sports oval

3

sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)

2