jpdb beta

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

difference; variation; difference

1

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

1

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

2

year-end office closing (usu. Dec. 28)

1

to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned

1

delight; great joy

1

sewing; needlework

1

origin; beginning

3

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

1

leaving one's seat

2

putting out the light; switching off the light

1

to make merry; to be festive

2

late; slowly

2

rustling (sound)

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

to turn the lights off

1

to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite

1

clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather

1

tingling; stinging; pungently

1

heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever

2

to imitate; to follow; to emulate

1

homecoming; returning home

1

cloth bag

1

local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift

1

counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...

1

large amount of baggage; bulky baggage; cargo

1

with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around

1

to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

3

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

3

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

3

extreme; radical

1

midwinter

1

returning home

7

round and cute (esp. of eyes)

3

New Year's Eve; end of the year

14

to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

1

preface; introduction; preamble

1

to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish

1

middle of the night; dead of night

3

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

2

trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass

3

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

1

congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder

3

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

4

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

2