jpdb beta

fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps

1

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

to be (doing)

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

1

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

1

embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation

1

rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry

1

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

royal family

8

people; populace

1

(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)

2

Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)

1

to address

1

passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching

1

one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path

1

leader; guide; mentor; coach

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

2

sophistry; sophism

1

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

1

ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

1

social standing

1

rush; flood; deluge

4

just one person; only one

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

2

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

1

to drop; to let fall; to omit

3

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

3

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

2

dream

1

instinctive; instinctual

1

yikes; oops; eep; wow

1

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

1

any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve

1

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

1

being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression

3

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

trembling from fear; trembling all over

1

to embrace each other

2

wave; ups and downs

1

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

1

subterranean rumbling; earth tremor

1

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

1

mass

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.)

2

spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration

1