jpdb beta

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

3

to shed light; to cast light

1

restoration; repair; mending

9

pleasantly smiling

1

as before; as ever; as it was originally

2

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

1

town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares

5

repair man

1

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

2

that is to say; so that means

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

2

disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure

2

state of emergency; emergency; crisis

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

5

protest; objection

1

very loose; slowly; leisurely

4

to shake one's head

4

any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever

1

a help; assistance

2

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

5

searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something

2

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

like this; this sort; this way

6

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

1

act; deed; conduct

3

anxiety; concern; fear

1

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

1

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

5

to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple

3

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

3

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

1

quietly; slowly; gracefully

1

(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down

2

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch

6

pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)

5

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

2

afternoon; p.m.

3

seedy-looking; thin

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible

1

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

3

to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)

1

good idea

3

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

such ... as; or some such

13

single word; a few words; brief comment

3

to begin; to set about; to start

1

flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

2