jpdb beta

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

4

darkness

1

looks; appearance

3

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

2

man; male; masculine gender

2

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

22

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

4

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

1

blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)

3

I; me

48

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

4

self-introduction

1

to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time

1

lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!

2

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

2

lesson; precept; teachings; moral

4

to be helpful; to be useful

1

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

1

to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel

3

to run off; to break into a run; to start running

3

naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious

2

first step

1

to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

1

flying start

2

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

1

without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly

1

discretion; consideration; allowance

1

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

2

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

1

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

2

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

2

tightly; snugly

1

suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)

2

leather shoes; leather boots

1

violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

2

to walk noisily; to walk loudly

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

1

to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)

2

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

1

both hands; both arms; ten

4

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

2

Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

identity

1

reason for being; raison d'être

1

only; sole; unique

6

Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era

1

sports ground; sports oval

1

tomboy

1