jpdb beta

money loser; high-cost, low-return project

1

no; you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

5

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

1

mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo

4

to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift

1

shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming

2

cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool

1

glaring at; scowling at; looking contemptuously at; frowning down upon; domineering with a coercive look

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

3

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

6

guillotine

1

like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)

9

to say (something) over one's shoulder

2

reality; actuality; hard fact

3

to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience

1

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

2

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

2

knife

1

stabbing to death; putting out

1

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

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

1

to moan; to groan

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to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...

3

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

bedroom

1

to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath

1

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

2

to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)

3

arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength

4

to check; to stop; to keep back

1

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

1

necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement

2

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife); younger stepsister; younger adopted sister; non-blood-related younger sister

5

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

2

moonlight

1

golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured

4

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

3

to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

2

to be able (to); to be possible (to)

1

middle of the night; dead of night

1

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

1

person

6

first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all

1

suspicious person

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

should; must; ought to

6

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

1

to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration

4