jpdb beta

brink; critical moment

3

feeling of vitality; sense of being alive

1

groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

1

offender; criminal

2

demon of ill health; disease

1

same meaning; synonymy

2

egoistic; self-centered; selfish

1

sensible; sensuous; intuitive

3

sense of loss; feeling of loss

4

with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly

1

depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

1

wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

2

life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

4

declaration; profession

1

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

3

awareness; realization

1

a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

1

to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)

1

to put one's hand on; to touch

3

to sniff out; to get wind of

2

hills and fields; hill and dale

1

plants and animals; flora and fauna

1

platoon

18

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

2

existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement

3

to fade; to become dim

1

good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield

2

salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others

1

to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)

2

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

7

saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus); estuarine crocodile

3

brackish waters (of an estuary)

1

length (of an animal); body length

1

razor

2

to drag in; to pull in

4

waterside; waterfront

2

crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against

2

tyrant; despot

2

carpet; rug; runner

8

mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest

2

lukewarm; tepid; lenient

2

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

2

guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)

2

make; workmanship; preparation

2

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

4

centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance

1

clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)

1

bark; howl; roar; bellow

1

to show; to bare (the teeth)

2