jpdb beta

Mary Ann

8

easy; simple

1

marble; glass marble

1

branch; subdivision

1

meeting; get-together (e.g. among friends)

1

collection; correction

1

to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)

1

planning; project; plan; design

1

looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

1

annoying; noisy; strict

2

bedside; near one's pillow

2

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

1

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

1

disorderly; promiscuous

1

to have the privilege of doing

1

facing upward

2

to push down; to knock down

1

ordinary citizen; the general public

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

7

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

bloodstream; blood flow

2

to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure

1

splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop

1

many people; a large number of people

1

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

1

to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight

2

had better do so

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

1

peace

1

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

1

immorality; iniquity; impropriety

1

quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money

1

chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

1

to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

1

damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very

1

to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in

1

pastoral; idyllic

1

ethical; moral

1

to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back

3

air conditioning

1

great cause; moral law; justice

2

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

2

to squeeze out; to wring out

1

to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

1

to pursue

2

to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

1

disgusting; repulsive

2

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

1

to carry a plan forward

1