jpdb beta

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar

4

to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)

4

day before yesterday

1

only once

5

to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

1

filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

13

to live long; to survive

2

wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely

2

nothing but; none other than

7

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

5

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

11

to be reliable

4

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

1

rescue mission; evacuation operation

1

three days

3

nutrition; nourishment

6

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

5

moving about; stirring about

7

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

1

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

1

to go bad; to turn sour

1

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

4

altogether; entirely

4

intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy

6

hope; wish; aspiration

8

duty; function; office; mission; task

2

seventh day of the month; seven days

2

reply; response; answer

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

3

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

3

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

17

eighth day of the month; eight days

1

superior; better

2

reality; actuality; hard fact

10

fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden

1

largish; biggish; a little bit larger

1

cannot possibly be

7

to provide; to arrange; to install

7

with a clang or a clink; tinkle

1

handcuffs; manacles

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

5

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

35

not sleeping a wink; wide awake all night; without moving

2

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

2

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

4

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

5

apology

16

to be all smiles

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

6