jpdb beta

insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless

1

dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

2

giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger

1

to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)

2

wet through; drenched

1

palm (of one's hand)

4

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

2

to tear; to rip

1

(skin) peeling fully off

1

house-cloth; dust cloth

2

blood congestion; -stasis

1

birthmark; nevus; bruise

1

disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation

2

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander

1

tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

1

thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent

1

to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

2

to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run

1

trivial; slight

1

to ask; to enquire; to query

1

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

2

extensive knowledge; erudition

1

some days; several days

2

to entrance; to possess; to enthrall

6

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

2

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

1

sisters

8

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

2

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

1

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

1

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

1

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

to make eye contact

1

cholera

1

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

1

temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

1

elect (select) few

1

seeing one off; farewell; escort

1

impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag

2

hair (of the head)

5

to take someone's hand

3

little finger; pinky; little toe

14

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)

1

ancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors); Imperial mausoleum

1

deep inside; innermost place

1