jpdb beta

second half; latter half

2

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

1

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

2

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

3

envy

2

presence (impressive quality)

4

ahead; before; ago

5

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

4

to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white

1

pale; pallid

3

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

12

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

4

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

6

jumble; hodgepodge

2

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

4

clicking; clopping; clacking

1

to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly

1

fast walking; semi-jogging

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

4

lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life

2

definite; final; decisive; conclusive

3

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

3

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

1

to lose sight of; to miss

1

impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

4

to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback

2

to reassume

1

railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line

2

main road; main thoroughfare

3

verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush

3

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

1

white clover (Trifolium repens); Dutch clover

1

forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding

2

that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

1

still; as yet; as of old

6

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

4

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

1

reconciliation; make peace with

2

to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

2

to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

1

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

3

to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently

1

despair; hopelessness

1

though; much as

3

stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

1

skin

1

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

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