jpdb beta

to be conspicuous; to stand out

1

dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome

5

tall figure; high stature

4

summer

34

even though; despite; when

20

coat; coating

41

to shave off

1

short hair

1

an assortment; combination

1

outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

2

queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak

1

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

5

walking briskly; determinedly

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

2

high-handed; oppressive

1

to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do

38

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

3

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

6

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

1

with a clang or a clink; tinkle

2

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

3

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

5

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

9

should do; ought to do

13

to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of

2

(in) his way; peculiar to him

1

pride

3

way; method; means; resource; course

2

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

1

unexpected; surprising

3

seedbed; nursery; seed-plot

13

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

11

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

15

to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear

2

learning by watching others; learning by imitation

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

5

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

3

if it's the case

3

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

2

pending; incomplete

1

piled up high; in a heap

1

existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no

1

to not believe one's ears

12

(one's) self; oneself

10

grasp; catch; understanding

4

to have meaning; to be meaningful

16

to drag out

7

gulpingly; in one gulp

14

saliva; spit; sputum

23

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

17