jpdb beta

great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

1

being raised in a town

1

manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer

1

stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

3

nightmare; bad dream

1

looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

2

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

2

theory

1

reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)

3

plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

1

field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness

1

man who brings the rain with him wherever he goes; man who is constantly unlucky with the weather

1

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

6

taking shelter from rain

2

intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely

2

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis

1

to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious

1

huge; big; gargantuan

2

looking depressed; long face

1

calamity; misfortune; disaster

2

to catch a cold

1

changing clothes; change of clothes

2

to happen to have on hand or in stock

3

wise; clever; smart

1

well, I must admit ...

3

thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)

2

aha!; yes sir

3

in contrast to (one's, its) appearance

1

to have learning; to be educated

1

academic background; academic credentials; academic record

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

2

hey there; I say; see here

2

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

2

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

2

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

2

attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation

1

explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

6

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

1

murder; homicide; manslaughter

1

to prohibit

2

prickling; stinging; tingling

1

contempt

2

(meshes of) the law; net of the law; justice

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

3

end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes

1

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

4

morals

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to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

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