jpdb beta

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

2

an empty dream

1

silk

1

to slip off

1

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

dropout; quitter; deserter

1

product; produce; result; fruit

4

deception; deceit

1

word game; wordplay; playing with words

1

both; both sides; both parties

1

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

3

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

2

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

to take a veneer off something

1

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

2

to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

2

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

5

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

2

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

2

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

2

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

1

(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

4

persuasion

2

to move (house); to change residence

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

1

leader of a charge; first to arrive

1

wire netting; wire mesh; wire screen; chain-link mesh

3

to start eating

1

several people; a few people

1

girl student; schoolgirl

1

tall (of a person)

1

lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid

1

soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice

1

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)

1

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

1

one's manners; one's attitude

1

because; the reason why is

1

to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

1

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1