jpdb beta

shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace

3

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

3

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

4

with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound

2

no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...

1

raindrop

1

joke; gag

1

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

4

sound of rainfall

12

machine gun

1

fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

1

supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

1

shade of a tree; bower

3

to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)

1

to get wet

4

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

10

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

1

market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market

6

sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen

1

direct hit

3

attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

1

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

4

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

1

third

1

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

2

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

1

to begin to rain; to begin to snow

2

storefront; shopfront

2

taking shelter from rain

2

sunburn; suntan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. of paper); yellowing; drying up (of a river, field, etc.)

1

prevention; check

1

long sleeves

2

dripping wet; soaked; drenched

1

shopping basket

3

history

1

rain cloud

2

machine-gun fire

1

mystery; mysteriousness; secret

1

this much; this amount

4

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

music room

5

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

19

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

3

kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)

2

acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

1

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

2

for the first time in one's life

3