jpdb beta

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

2

locking

2

one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

2

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

2

silent; mute; dumb

4

(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

2

with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly

1

straw

1

gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal

2

virile; tough; masculine; intense

1

particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest

2

powerless; helpless; incompetent

2

lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

2

depravity; corruption; degradation

1

empty stomach; hunger

1

load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility

2

sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus

1

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

relativity; relative

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

1

long (time that has passed); old (story)

3

shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color

1

oratory; eloquence

1

to hurt; to smart; to sting

1

asking oneself

1

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

2

to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from

1

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

1

orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

1

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

1

pressure

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

1

sun

3

to extol; to give praise

2

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

1

gravestone; tombstone

1

to forget completely; to leave behind

2

the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

3

beat; mora

2

ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting

1

emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit

1

one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)

1

reverberation; echo

3

firm; determined; resolute; conclusive

2

to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch

3

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

5

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

3