jpdb beta

charm; amulet

1

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

1

preparations for returning (home)

1

sidelong glance; short grain (paper)

1

three people

1

(combined) café and bar

1

pet dog

1

day after day; every day

1

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

2

newspaper

1

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

idiotic; dolt; bonehead

2

no, not like that (but like this)

1

sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

1

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

1

dangerous weapon; lethal weapon; deadly weapon; murder weapon

4

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

1

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

4

to surge; to well up; to gush out

15

abuse; misuse; perversion

1

instantaneous water heater; on-demand water heater

1

call; summons; convening; convocation

1

to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

2

to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend

1

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

1

television; TV

1

news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

4

school uniform

1

Jourdan

1

to gather in large numbers (of people); to hang out (as a large group); to assemble (as a military unit or posse); to be quartered (in a particular location)

2

employee; worker

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

4

report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage

3

real harm; actual damage

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...

3

person of importance; a somebody; absolutely; certainly; to be sure

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

2

fake smile; false smile

1

superiority complex; sense of superiority

2

frequent occurrence

1

knowing; (an) acquaintance

2

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

2

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

3

condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

1