jpdb beta

plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid

2

to shut in; to confine; to contain

3

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

3

to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)

1

to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind

1

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

5

to wash again; to reconsider

1

exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

14

foster sibling; foster brother; foster sister

26

to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)

3

creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly

2

nephew

2

household economy; family finances

2

to share

2

bringing up; raising

2

reading and writing

4

educational standards

1

growth period; period of rapid growth

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

2

unhesitatingly

1

to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit

4

turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)

2

raid; attack; invasion

1

cynical

1

eye color; eye colour

10

ruffian; rowdy (person)

4

puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

11

villages

2

national holiday; festival day

1

clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication

1

place to go; destination

3

parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade

7

hiding; concealment

4

sulky look; sullen look

1

other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice

2

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

4

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

2

to jest; to clown (around)

1

three-cornered hat; tricorne

1

to become sinewy; to behave formally

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

2

unexpected meeting; coincidence

4

to smell; to sense

1

one by one; in detail; minutely

5

provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué

2

to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on

1

suspending performance

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

4

an assortment; combination

1