jpdb beta

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

2

to close tight

1

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

3

to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names

1

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

1

white (bleached) bone; skeleton

2

blond hair

1

travels; pilgrimage; itinerancy

1

from the beginning

1

to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor

2

civilized nation; civilised nation

1

encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)

3

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

3

to talk to oneself; to mutter

1

bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)

1

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

1

sky; air; mid-air

3

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1

serious; grave; dignified; solemn

1

to make a speech; to address

2

what kind of business; what sort of matter

1

strange; curious; odd

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity

1

hermit; recluse

6

St Luke

7

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

6

sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling

1

intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account

1

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

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

1

to lend an ear to; to listen to

1

from out of nowhere; from who knows where

1

to grow old

2

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

45

basis; foundation; grounds; authority

1

to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at

1

costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)

2

transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)

1

to (do) like this

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

quick-tempered; impatient

1

hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous

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

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

5

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

4