jpdb beta

several days later

2

(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

1

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

each and every; all

2

reading a book in turn

1

masterpiece

3

Romeo and Juliet

1

focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

2

chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

1

to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention

7

minutes (period of)

1

assurance; guarantee

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

5

adviser; advisor

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

5

guardian deity

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

2

tremendous; immense

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

7

warm; mild; genial

4

waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand

1

work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique

5

private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)

1

obvious; transparent

1

to speak ill of; to disparage

1

to reread; to read again

3

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

3

modern style; modernness

3

everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

1

cube sugar; sugar cube

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

1

to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back

1

preface; introduction; lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); lead up; payment in advance (by bank transfer); swinging (one's body) forward

1

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

3

variety show (e.g. on TV)

1

to hurry; to rush

1

arrogance; insolence; disrespect

1

life span

3

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

2

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

sport; sports

1

conclusion; decision; end; settlement

2

hot spring; mineral spring; salon offering beauty treatments, weight reduction, relaxation, etc.; spaghetti

1

tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst

8

eardrum; tympanic membrane

3

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

4

undisputed; entirely; perfect

1

secondary; subordinate

1