jpdb beta

strangeness; abnormality; disorder

2

dozens; scores of; decades

5

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

1

glass; pane

1

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

2

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

3

to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around

3

picking; collecting; harvesting

2

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

2

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

2

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

5

suspicious; doubtful

2

to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)

5

timing

12

stop time

1

postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

1

to make good use of; to use to one's advantage

1

withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway

3

hiding place; refuge

1

thicket; coppice; brushwood

1

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

4

change of course

2

thud

2

greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe

1

other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for

1

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

3

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

2

streamlet; brooklet; rivulet

1

to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

11

to pay attention (to)

1

to stop walking; to pause

2

formidable enemy

1

seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

2

proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close

2

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

9

straight line

4

to await; to expect

2

mammal; mammalian

1

forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb

5

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

5

pale; pallid; bluish-white

3

moonlight; moonbeam

1

claw; talon

3

to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

5

roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting

1

to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

5

to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept

3