jpdb beta

iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison

8

nature; spontaneity; natural airhead

1

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

1

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

2

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

1

to begin to tremble

1

that is to say; so that means

2

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

2

news; word; tidings; omen

2

applying (e.g. a technology); adoption

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

1

cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)

1

to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live

1

return; coming back

2

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect

2

legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way

1

supreme; sublime; highest

1

ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

1

ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

1

to answer a question

1

furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking

1

to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate

2

to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

1

spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence

1

mental image; mental picture; image

2

literature; books (reference); document

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

waste of time; killing time

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre

1

to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order

1

naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

to think of; to come up with

1

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

6

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

1

higher-order-; meta-

1

standard

1

condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite

2

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

2

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

2

paper bag for putting a present in

1

(addressee's) name; (recipient's) name and address

1

complete; whole; perfect; safe

1

reading comprehension

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

2

slum

1

to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

to laugh scornfully

3