jpdb beta

count; earl

9

second son

2

Alf

7

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

5

pick-up artist; masher; skirt chaser

1

Cyril; Cyrille

5

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

1

getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

1

presence (impressive quality)

2

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

2

in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones

3

eavesdropping

1

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

1

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

3

baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)

3

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

1

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

1

transactions; dealings; business

3

(flower) vase

2

fake (work); counterfeit

1

correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)

1

colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

1

ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

2

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

2

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

3

two; 2

2

collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval

1

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

to repeat; to do something over again

2

to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

8

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

3

to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

12

second day of the month; two days

1

after

2

to obtain; to procure

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

4