jpdb beta

repair; mending

1

construction work

3

to take care of

1

gardener

6

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

2

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

7

to cast a sharp glance

1

wrinkled; full of wrinkles

1

or; otherwise

3

to disappear; to vanish

5

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

1

face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety

3

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

2

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

3

realistic; pragmatic

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

how; in what way; by what means

2

locked room; secret room

1

throughout; all through; right through

1

intruder; invader; trespasser; raider

2

to choose; to select

2

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

2

opinion; view; comment

1

I see; that's right; indeed

9

bright; intelligent

1

to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

1

to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)

6

to spit out; to eject; to dump

3

bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

1

parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering

1

to dry up completely; to become stale

1

to moan; to groan

4

party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed

2

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

2

burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide

2

to blacken; to darken

4

(brother and sister) born of a different mother

1

younger sister

4

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

1

as always; as usual

3

streamline shape; aerodynamic shape

1

buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking

1

bee; wasp; hornet

1

fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub

1

swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)

1