jpdb beta

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

1

even

6

shelving; pigeonholing

1

evening; dusk

3

father

50

study; library; den; home office; reading room

1

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

1

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

2

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

21

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

4

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

4

processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal

2

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

2

one's post; place of work; workplace

4

castle

20

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

2

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

5

social life; social intercourse

1

one's days and nights being reversed

1

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

30

time; hour; period; class

34

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

8

heredity; (genetic) inheritance

3

for this reason

9

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

9

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

5

to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

24

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

143

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart

23

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

11

fact; truth; reality

13

just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"

13

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die

12

lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid

4

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

17

one's own room

3

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

18

for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad

1

stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation

3

strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle

19

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

28

you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

57

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

33

kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)

1

to be (doing)

4

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

9

green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

4

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

4

to get dry

1