jpdb beta

comparison

2

to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up

1

sun; saint; San (people); son

4

German

3

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

1

top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes

1

casual speech; peer language; informal language

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

1

to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned

2

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

2

pose; pause

1

to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce

2

guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)

1

to mark the end; to spell the end

2

prophet; predictor; prognosticator

2

to hold in one's mouth

1

pigeon; dove

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

3

to covet; to lust for

1

imperial court; royal court

3

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

2

nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream

2

reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression

2

swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

2

splendid; magnificent; gorgeous

1

or; OR (Boolean operator)

1

fraud; swindle

1

at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

1

cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry

1

damp; moist (negative nuance)

1

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of

1

to be comprehensible

1

peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)

1

lost child; stray child

1

slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly

2

to perspire; to sweat

1

heartbeat

2

to get used to hearing

1

shelf; ledge; rack; trellis

1

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

1

with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully

1

in a bad mood

1

history book

1

all night long; all through the night

1

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

Chrétien de Troyes

1

mallee (var. of eucalyptus)

1