jpdb beta

forest; shrine grove

1

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

122

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

contact; contact lens

2

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

1

short-term

2

conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

4

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

8

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

1

virtual

2

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

7

save; checking; curbing; suppressing

1

casino

1

island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf

1

starting point; starting line

4

skeleton

1

harbour

1

harbour; harbor; port

1

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

1

galleon

1

occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession

7

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

4

never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

1

sail

1

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

2

atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous

1

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)

2

gamer

1

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

2

controller

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

1

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

4

being startled

6

hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment

4

borrowing; debt; loan

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

11

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse

3

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

2

guess; conjecture

2

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

1

upturned eyes

3

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

7

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

chest

3

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

split among friends; falling out; internal discord

1

small number of people

3

urinal

1

to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on

2