jpdb beta

path; lane

1

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

1

to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)

1

expression of love; showing love

1

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

1

plentiful; lot of; much; pile of

1

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

1

heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained

1

straying; wandering off course

1

deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end

1

to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

2

faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

sympathy; empathy; response

1

master

2

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

1

escort

3

frightening; terrifying

1

both shoulders

3

common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

1

woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity

1

collar; lapels

1

kite

1

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

1

pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

1

horizontal; level; even

1

going up and down; rising and falling

2

to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

1

suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly

2

to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

1

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

1

off duty

1

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

1

autobiography

1

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

1

panda

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

1

cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation

1

hollow; cavity; dent; depression

1

rocky mountain

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

2

to die; (lit.) to become bones

1

tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

1

zoo; zoological gardens

7

tailor's (shop); dressmaker's shop; tailor; dressmaker

1