jpdb beta

spring; fountain

1

oh; ah

1

illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure

1

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

1

illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece

1

seven

1

hereabouts; around there; that area

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

1

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

publication in a new format or binding; special edition

2

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

chance; opportunity

1

groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find

1

better; preferable

1

phrase; strawberry

1

to grow up; to become an adult

1

step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

1

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

2

reality; actuality; hard fact

2

cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

2

article; news story; report; account

1

to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist

1

wish; desire; ambition

1

debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

1

novelist; fiction writer

2

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

1

idea

2

how (can); by what means

1

interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

1

I don't want to boast but

1

totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up

2

editorial department

1

rather; sooner; preferably

1

festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere

1

one more time; once more; once again

1

to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits

1

postcard; memo; note; card

1

my husband; one's family; family member

1

one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

1

feeling; mood

1

festival; feast; carnival

1

-ish; -like

3

and then; and so; and; so then

1

hereabouts; around here

1

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

1

reader

3

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

1

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

1