jpdb beta

night watch; night sentry

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

3

however; nevertheless

1

slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)

5

(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

3

cynical; warped; envious

1

title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

3

movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)

1

unofficial offer (esp. job offer); tentative decision

1

looking depressed; long face

1

oracle; revelation; divine message

2

prophecy

1

to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to

1

to be at a loss; to be puzzled

5

correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform

1

heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop

1

nothing but; none other than

12

mischievous

2

halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally

1

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

5

dilapidated house; tumbledown house; my house; my home; small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)

2

lazy; idle; indolent; slothful

2

detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable

2

looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

1

chest of drawers; bureau; cabinet; tansu; dresser

4

repeatedly; to a tremendous extent

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

10

carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse

2

dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre

6

ridiculous

1

to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

1

to change clothes

3

unbearable; intolerable; unendurable

7

slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)

3

dilapidated house; deserted house

2

hiding place; refuge

3

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

2

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

5

on the snow

1

brains; brain tissue

1

first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position

2

to become animated; to liven up; to become active

4

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

6

intensely; heavily

5

beyond saving

4

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

1

night watchman

2

ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants

4

cache; place to hide something

1