jpdb beta

addict; junkie; substance abuser

5

naivete; simplicity; innocence

1

glad countenance; joyful look

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

2

however

18

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2

optimist; easy-going person

2

to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

5

or; otherwise

2

pessimistic

1

human; humane

2

rare

1

negative; contradictory

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

1

contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade

2

trauma (usu. psychological)

1

feeling; sense; impression

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

14

golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny

1

to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter

3

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

2

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious

1

back (of a chair)

1

desk

11

tool; implement; means; furniture

3

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

5

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

3

very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

3

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

10

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

3

pipe; tube

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

8

leather bag

1

magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand

2

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

9

sky; air; mid-air

2

to spread (flames)

4

disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

4

to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

2

back of the hand

1

pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

3

feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

2