jpdb beta

heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate

1

end; close; termination

3

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

2

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

1

bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell

3

within a school

4

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

2

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

4

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

2

establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration

3

to miss a chance; to fail to do

1

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

incident; affair; happening; event

3

in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation

2

absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical

1

secret; secrecy

2

to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

1

and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism

1

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

2

ho-ho

1

today; this day

5

noon; midday

2

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

7

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

7

clandestine meeting

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

3

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

1

feelings of guilt

1

to escape

2

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

1

weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain

1

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2

jealousy; envy

2

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

1

tone (of voice); manner of talking

4

feigned tears; crocodile tears

1

sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position

1

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

1

eight; 8

1

year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

2

marriage

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

4

detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

3

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

2

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

1

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly

9

diary; journal

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1