jpdb beta

mere consolation; temporary peace of mind

1

(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

1

to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger

1

minor business

2

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

1

hate; hate crime; hate speech; racism

1

whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering

1

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

1

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

1

all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

1

seeming sad

1

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position

1

to do one's best; to put forth every effort

1

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on

1

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage

1

modest; reserved

1

terminal; final

1

to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext

2

pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

1

what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

2

deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable

2

to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)

1

strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat

1

to cackle

1

to slip down; to slide down; to glide down

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

face value; par

1

foreboding

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

2

camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade

1

who?

1

freely; right and left; as one pleases

1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do

1

suspicious character (person, figure)

6

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing

1

Ouch!

1

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe

1

background (of a case, incident, etc.)

2

the (four) limbs; arms and legs

3

demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)

2

burning; combustion

1

incineration; destroy by fire

1

illegal immigrant

1

searching for the enemy

2

to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to

1

point-blank range

1