jpdb beta

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

3

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

long visit; overstaying

4

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

1

to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other

1

to eat; to drink

2

actor; actress; player; performer

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

2

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

to sit down

1

to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)

2

something (or other)

1

pair; the two; both persons; both things

3

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

notice; attention; observation

1

calm; composed; leisurely

1

to moan; to groan

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully

2

to be pulled in (fish); to be landed

1

to change completely; to change suddenly

1

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

1

true character; real nature

1

self control; self restraint

1

sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration

3

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

1

next; then; after that

1

point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge

1

jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry

1

oil

1

father; dad

1

limit; bound

2

things; everything

1

to fit; to suit

1

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

2

to laugh away; to laugh off

1

mockery; derision; ridicule

1

character of a place; situation; location; occasion

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

1

right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher

1

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

2

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

2

drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)

1

outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough

1

obedient; docile; quiet

3

horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

2

to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match

2

to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)

1

to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...

1