jpdb beta

side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time

2

publisher; publishing house; publishing company

7

to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

8

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

2

himself; he himself

1

historical novel

2

series

15

to buy; to purchase; to buy out

2

these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately

1

echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions

1

to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on

1

for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while

3

one day; (on) a certain day

4

influenza; flu

1

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

1

to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

1

to pen; to write; to draw

1

short story; short film; short poem

4

planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

1

to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out

2

The Strand Magazine

3

general public; the masses

1

monthly magazine

1

to make plans

1

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

2

success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity

4

editor-in-chief

1

piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

1

because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every

2

pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling; pond

2

passing the baton (in a relay race); baton pass; baton handoff; passing the baton; handing over (a job, responsibility over something, etc.)

1

to sit on a seat

3

your husband; her husband

1

contract; compact; agreement

1

the same magazine; the same journal; the said magazine; the said journal

1

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

1

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

4

Bohemia (region in western Czechia)

2

scandal

2

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

6

overwhelming

2

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

1

September; ninth month of the lunar calendar

1

bridegroom

1

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

1

Boscombe

1

valley; ravine; gorge; canyon

1

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

1

orange (fruit, colour)

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1