jpdb beta

depressing; dark (e.g. story); grim (e.g. expression); irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.)

1

quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully

3

extreme poverty

1

can be easily guessed

5

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

3

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

3

to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of

1

stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate

1

at present; now

2

camp site; campground

5

centre of attention; center of attention

1

changing clothes; change of clothes

1

decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee

5

clearing out people (from a room, etc.); ordering people to leave

2

to clamour; to crowd; to jostle

2

cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

4

handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation

4

(not) even; (not) any

1

since; henceforth; ever since

13

strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual

2

thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete

3

reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

3

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

2

to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with

1

great difference; big difference; wide margin

3

ill will; malice; evil intent

1

hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible

1

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

1

to sit silently (and submissively) at a meeting

2

make-up; get-up; disguise; costume

1

young person; youth; young

7

disguise; masquerade

1

woman; female; feminine gender

5

one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye

1

cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman

2

you

4

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

4

sobriety; soberness; sober face

3

to feel deeply ashamed (of)

1

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

2

lady; ready

1

(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated

1

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

2

this; our; right; justice; checking account

1

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

2

to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

2

what nationality

1

how many; how old

7

attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)

2

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

5