jpdb beta

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

2

connection; linking; joining; coupling; attaching; junction

2

abstract

1

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace

2

contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

2

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

2

to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

4

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

4

full portrait; whole aspect; full story

1

colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial

1

silence

1

every second

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

4

large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm

3

flashback

1

to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

1

feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression

3

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

3

to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to

2

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

Laputa (flying island in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift)

1

lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger

1

to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away

1

fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages

1

exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect

1

(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite

1

in orbit

1

bombarding; shelling; bombardment

1

above; going steadily upward

1

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

right angle

2

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

3

to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

3

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

particle; grain

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

2

to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed

1

somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

1

crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack

1

ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...

1

uncertain; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; equivocal; dubious

1

never again

1

to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for

1

(just) one's imagination

2

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

1

physical law; laws of physics

2

gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull

4

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

1

how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

1