jpdb beta

arm; skill; efforts; ability

5

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

2

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

1

breast; chest

1

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

exactly as stated; verbatim

1

on the sea; surface of the sea

2

abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

1

to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay

1

taking (someone) along

1

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

1

making one's best exertions

1

to cling to; to embrace

2

sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

3

to raise (one's voice)

1

departure from a port; leaving port; setting sail

2

sailor; seaman

7

anchor

1

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

firm; company

3

possession; retention; maintenance

1

easy money; easy gain; making a killing

6

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

6

trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise

1

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable

1

length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases

1

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

1

vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility

1

to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

1

to become pale; to turn pale

1

what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

1

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

1

(on) one's own; (by) oneself

1

on-board ship; inboard

2

passenger boat

1

sail

2

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

2

galley

2

to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion

1

Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)

1

inlet; bay; inland sea

2

active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try

2

rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape

1

western regions of China

1

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

1

(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

2