jpdb beta

master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent

2

these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)

2

taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...

1

had better do so

1

fish

11

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

4

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person

1

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

2

wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)

2

diving

1

Oyo (Nigeria)

1

stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock

5

flags of all nations

5

to be entwined; to be involved

1

commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane

1

junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school

1

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

1

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

4

Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?

1

to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge

2

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

3

rocket; locket

2

pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing

10

crumpled; wrinkled

5

scene; spectacle; sight; view

11

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

2

metal detector

14

detector; locator

1

thicket; coppice; brushwood

3

to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle

1

lily

43

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

5

garden (esp. with trees); park

2

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

bail; releasing on bail

1

total; full amount; sum

2

to pay

2

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

2

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

4

useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated

2

to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

1

release; liberation; acquittal

1

wings; pinion

1

to drag out

7

long-handled Chinese spear; lance; pike; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears

7

as anyone can see

2

lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

2

remnant; residue; remaining; left-over

4