jpdb beta

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

2

if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow

1

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

3

good humour (humor); good mood

1

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

4

opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows

4

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

2

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

1

form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)

63

clearing one's throat; cough

1

to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)

1

eavesdropping; tapping

1

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going

1

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

4

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium

13

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

5

intimacy; friendship; familiarity

2

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

to meet face-to-face

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

4

charming; fascinating; attractive

1

grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments

3

before long; even now

3

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

2

top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat

3

tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

like that; so

4

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

2

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

1

in the background; not standing out

1

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

4

this is why; this means; it is the case that

2

precious; valuable

4

lately; recently

1

to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth

1

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

2

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

2