jpdb beta

prototype; model; pattern; archetypal

1

to shut in; to confine; to contain

1

the very thing; itself

2

flute player; flutist; flautist; piper

1

to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap

1

Hameln

1

children

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

2

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

2

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

1

with a chuckle; with a giggle

2

to step forward; to volunteer

1

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

cartoon-character costume

4

show

1

index finger; forefinger; second toe

3

how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know

1

notice; attention; observation

1

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

1

noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand

1

grandiose; exaggerated

1

with a click (door sound); with tenseness or firmness

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

2

rope

2

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

1

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

2

garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin

1

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

2

scattering (in all directions)

1

bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave

1

shock; impact; crash

2

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

2

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

1

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

2

burst of laughter; roar of laughter

1

-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

1

to pray; to wish

3

power; might; authority; influence

1

to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

1

boxer; boxer (dog breed)

1

uncommon; extraordinary (in relation to human characteristics)

1

dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion

1