jpdb beta

reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

1

tidying up; finishing

1

progress; advance; improvement; development

4

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)

1

chain; chains

1

No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden

1

under the staircase; understairs

1

westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun

1

to look around; to tour

1

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

1

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

1

everything; anything; nothing

1

even though; despite; when

1

with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden

1

to open a book

1

(at the) window

2

switch

1

to put someone to work; to make someone work

1

overtime; outside of hours (school, office, surgery, etc.)

1

to walk down the road

1

to make one's rounds; to patrol

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark

1

search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.

1

leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)

1

list; wrist

1

person requiring special attention; person to be wary of; person under (police) surveillance; dangerous person

1

since then

3

home area; home town; local

2

personal history

2

user; end-user; consumer

1

to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)

1

municipal office; council; city hall

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

3

kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

2

police; police officer; police station

5

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

5

telephone book; telephone directory

2

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

(within a) city; local

1

research project (e.g. at school); independent research

1

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

third-year student

1

foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd

1