jpdb beta

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

2

to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)

4

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

2

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

2

both sides

3

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

1

black hair

4

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

2

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

2

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

2

noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

1

iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable

1

even though; despite; when

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

2

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

3

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

2

usually; under usual circumstances

2

lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)

1

to walk; to move forward; to make progress

1

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

1

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

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

29

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

1

followers; hangers-on

1

loud; sonorous; ringing

2

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

2

supporting role (actor); minor role

1

to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)

1

one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)

1

PR; public relations

1

perfect; just right; ideal

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

1

compared with

2

propaganda

1

beautiful maiden; beauty

1

resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

1

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

2

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

1

profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)

1

august visit; arrival

3

one breath; chug!; drink!

1

Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

1

echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit

2

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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