jpdb beta

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

1

to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone

4

sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

4

be on your guard!; take care!

1

half a year; six months

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

3

Isidro

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a long time ago; in those days

1

to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage

3

to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service

7

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

3

locality; local area; limited area

1

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

4

count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian

1

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

1

nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name

1

to have a smattering knowledge of

1

young girl; lass; adolescent female

1

to fling (away); to hurl

2

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

6

single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed

2

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

grandiose; exaggerated

2

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

1

mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

2

goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre

4

to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset

2

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

2

to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)

1

reminder

1

to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

3

ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon

1

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

1

to spit out all around; to vomit all around; to spew out (e.g. dirty language)

1

idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn

1

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

1

to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh

1

to go along; to walk along; to follow

3

the other day; a few days ago

1

advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

5

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

1

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

2

presence; sitting with; being with

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

2

bitterness; bitter taste

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

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