jpdb beta

set one's teeth on edge

1

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

1

that sort of; like that

1

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

1

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

1

rope; cord; policeman's rope

4

assassin's dagger

2

dungeon

2

warm heart; kindliness

2

measure; step; action

1

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

2

tiredness; fatigue

2

to assist; to help out

1

as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

6

to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward

6

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

2

once more

2

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

2

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

1

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

1

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

1

very interesting; of great interest

1

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

6

Beruta

49

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

2

silver-rimmed

1

glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination

3

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

3

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

Guzma'n; Guzman

1

difficult to approach; inaccessible

1

not caring; not giving a damn

1

curt; blunt; cold; short

1

dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

1

long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)

1

one's eyes; (pair of) eyes

1

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

4

orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration

1

deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

3

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

1

noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

3

ankle

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