jpdb beta

complete change; about-face

1

separate; scattered; apart

1

not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

2

in large drops

1

to peel off and fall; to flake away

1

what day; how many days

1

to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

1

to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

1

to commit a crime; to commit a sin

2

to comfort; to console; to amuse

3

the sound of waves

2

regularity

1

to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass

1

to think too much; to be over-concerned

1

wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense

1

being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed

1

opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion

2

can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something

1

primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive

1

blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

to squash; to crush; to flatten

1

vicious circle; vicious cycle

1

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

3

most attractive feature (of a person)

1

emperor's meal

33

gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth)

2

Earth Horse (55th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1918, 1978, 2038)

10

to be shaved or planed

1

composition

2

gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly

1

rim; brim; edge; brink

1

active

1

ocean; sea; the deep

2

sea of blood; pool of blood

2

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

1

end of the world

1

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

2

induction; inductive reasoning

1

party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

2

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...

1

to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess

1

conscience

1

wrong; different; not like that

2

putting out the light; switching off the light

3

(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)

22

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire

8

eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious

3