jpdb beta

Colombo (Sri Lanka)

1

frail; slender; feminine

2

to smile

1

to make known

1

in that manner; like that

1

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

1

three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again

2

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

2

exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

1

health; healthy; sound; fit

2

bad influence; negative influence

1

to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer

1

inattention; distraction; mind-wandering

1

inattention; absent-mindedness

1

feathers; plumage; down

1

stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

1

to gleam; to shine

1

disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving

1

brain cell

1

extinction; annihilation; destruction

1

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

2

run; race

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

1

nature; disposition

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

2

determination; resolution

1

to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

2

turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos

1

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

1

astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant

1

to attack; to assault; to assail

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

proof to the contrary; disproof; counter-evidence; rebuttal; refutation

1

crime; criminal act; offence; offense

2

fiction

1

insistence; (major) emphasis; stress

1

pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake

1

perfectly honest

1

sublime; noble; high-minded

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

1

in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately

1

collapse; downfall

2

articulation

1

derailment; digression; deviation

2

to have an accident; to meet with an accident

1

ordinary train; slow train

1