jpdb beta

root; joint; base; crotch

1

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

1

line

1

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

1

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

2

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

2

two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth

1

helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging

1

(death from) starvation; starving to death

1

tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic

1

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

1

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

languid; listless

1

afternoon; p.m.

4

fishing

1

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

2

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

2

fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead

2

to choke; to have trouble breathing

1

between life and death

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

3

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

2

letting (someone) die without helping

3

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

1

to win and advance to the next round

1

frail; slender; feminine

3

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

1

to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder

1

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

1

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

black sheep (of a family); ostracism

1

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

1

value to society; raison d'être; existence value

1

innermost depths of one's heart

1

to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

1

all; everything

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

5

settlement; solution; resolution

1

serious wound; serious injury

1

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)

1

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

1

(not so) much; (not) very

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1