jpdb beta

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

under the staircase; understairs

1

sharp parting remark; parting threat

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

1

balance

1

gasping

1

ankle

1

in the meantime; meanwhile

1

to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

2

front entrance; front door

2

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

1

mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

6

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

3

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

1

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

1

arson; setting fire

1

to pin a crime on

1

rush; dash; charge

1

to spread (of fire)

1

to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

1

to surge (water or waves)

1

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

1

with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

1

damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute

1

one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death

1

hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

1

fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

last year of school

1

disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident

4

already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

1

four

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

blood relationship; blood relative

1

to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour

1

to be at a loss for words

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

1

to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling

1

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

1

fire; conflagration

5

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

1

working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver

1

labor; labour; work; Labour Party

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

extremely; very much

1

money and goods

2