jpdb beta

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

to burn off

1

prognostic symptoms; after-effect

1

to spend time (on doing something)

1

normalcy; normality; normal

1

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

1

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged

1

I see; that's right; indeed

3

Gaelic (language)

4

learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

1

unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible

1

Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful

2

to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

3

really; truly

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

3

proposal; proposition; suggestion

1

December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar

2

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

2

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

13

winter solstice

6

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

14

thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days

1

Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure

1

Lucia

1

Yule; Christmas period

5

each; (arch.) you (plural)

1

's house; 's home

1

birch tree (esp. the Japanese white birch, Betula platyphylla var. japonica)

1

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

1

to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)

1

preserved foods

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

7

town; block; downtown; main street; street; road

2

city

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

3

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

3

Hogmanay

1

New Year's Eve; December 31

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

2

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

1

royalty and titled nobility

1

subject; national

1

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

5

sake offered to someone; treat of sake

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

2

archduke

2