jpdb beta

freckles; buckwheat chaff

2

unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive

1

to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with

2

to distract

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

2

labor; labour; service

1

at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove

1

criminal; culprit

2

along the wall

1

Leto

4

RIM-8 Talos

5

moderate

1

had better do so

1

neighbourhood; neighborhood

2

pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)

1

clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry

2

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up

2

bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

2

unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye

1

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

3

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

3

habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation; isolation

1

moment; brief space of time

6

having enough of (food, drink, etc.); having one's fill; fully enjoying

2

very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

2

to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively

3

guilty

2

sentence; verdict; pronouncement

2

advance; moving forward; progress

2

suitable or moderate temperature

1

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

2

service entrance; delivery entrance

1

boredom; ennui

1

sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string

3

to bring back; to restore

3

change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

2

grain (of rock); rift

1

to be worn down; to be reduced

2

shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin

1

imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing

2

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

3

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

2

auntie; older woman

1

civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer

2

oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

3

recently; lately; these days

1

chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

1

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

3

right about-face

1