jpdb beta

direct control; direct supervision

1

handyman; utility man; odd-job man

2

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

1

discretion; judgement

1

soldier; sailor

1

garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

8

infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover

3

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

33

although; but; even though; I wish that

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

8

all (there is); as long as there is

3

outward appearance

2

ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous

1

carnivore; carnivorous animal

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

9

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

4

important person

1

duty; function; office; mission; task

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

5

to push back

1

younger; junior

2

one's twenties

1

coherence; consistency

2

son

2

connection; link; relationship

4

tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

6

to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse

7

resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

2

compared to

7

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

1

canvas; base

2

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

3

easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)

2

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

23

to lend a hand; to help

3

to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but

1

(someone else's) daughter

8

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

3

dead of night; midnight

3

dawn; daybreak

6

to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)

3

to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand

4

to frown; to scowl

6

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

5

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

9

to dry up; to parch; to ebb away

1

belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt

1

clink; clatter; clang

1