jpdb beta

misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)

1

old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed

1

to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

1

special; extraordinary

4

three-digit number; hundreds column

1

proportion

1

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

3

basketball shoes

2

thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

1

left eye

1

to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother

1

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

1

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

3

in high spirits

1

introductory remarks

1

atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity

1

waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening

2

to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes

1

fire

5

blade; braid

7

spiral; helix; screw

1

whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)

1

burst of laughter; roar of laughter

1

to scatter away; to vanish

1

the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death

2

soundless; mute

1

advice

5

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

6

after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath

1

worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering

2

to start for home; to head for home; to make for home

3

outrageous lie; outright lie

1

sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting

1

astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful

1

taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair

2

(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of

1

Picon

1

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

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)

2

Arthur

2

Briton (celtic inhabitant of historical Britain)

1

island country

1

twelve; 12; queen (playing card)

1

chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail

1

atrocity; (arch.) treason

1

Rome

1

emperor

1

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

2

one's younger days; when one was young

1

to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

1