jpdb beta

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

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thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off

1

intervening

1

justification; warrant

2

altogether; entirely

1

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

intimacy; sexual intercourse

3

all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly

4

to be slow-footed

1

godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall

1

love affair; liaison

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

1

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

4

pastoral; idyllic

3

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

difference; disparity; gap

2

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

2

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

1

wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens

2

unreserved

1

centre; center; middle

1

to build; to construct

3

wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor

1

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

3

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

1

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

4

faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)

1

with a bump; with a clunk

4

grim stare; stern look

2

finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self

2

satisfactory; decent

1

lushly green; verdant

2

manufacturing facility

2

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

4

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled

1

I; me

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

2

tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story

1

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

2

haunted house

2

bullet hole; bullet mark

4

here and there; in places

2

to blacken; to darken

2

bloodshed

2

rear garden; back yard

2

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

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