jpdb beta

night vision

1

to fall down; to drop

1

reason; cause; history; origin

1

long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for

1

proud; boastful; bragging; conceited

3

being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly

1

to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

1

leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

1

happy tears; tears of joy

3

in large drops

2

few decades; many decades; several decades

2

gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation

3

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

1

crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up

1

to smash down; to beat in

1

thunderous roar; roaring sound

1

hydrochloric acid

1

Thursday

2

to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

3

nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)

3

recess; break time; break between classes; free period; recess time; recreation hour

2

breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture

2

friend

1

contradiction; inconsistency

1

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

1

big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)

2

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

1

Magic Tape (brand of hook-and-loop fastener, equiv. to Velcro)

1

to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that

1

rarely seen; uncommon

1

high time; about time

2

short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty

1

breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction

4

shaking violently

3

as we know

2

secret; secrecy

3

disillusionment

1

guilty conscience; feelings of remorse

1

to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate

2

to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell

1

what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion

1

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

1

Indus (valley) civilization (civilisation)

1

Mohenjo Daro

1

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

1

as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP

4

extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)

1

what's the matter?

1

to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)

3

(teacher's) platform; podium; dais

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