jpdb beta

cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes); bright; clear; distinct

2

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy

1

dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

5

to feel depressed; to be down

1

school term; semester

1

the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed

1

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

4

to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) someone down (esp. with sexual connotations)

1

to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on

4

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

2

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

5

movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases

2

deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2

declaration; proclamation; announcement

3

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

2

miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic

4

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

1

(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene

1

luckily; blessedly; fortunately

1

to tell (to do); to order; to tell (on someone); to report; to often say; to be used to saying

1

(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day

6

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

2

time; season; period; phase; stage

1

to kill time

2

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

3

drop (e.g. of water); drip

2

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

2

light rain; drizzle

2

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

3

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

87

was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...

1

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

1

both knees

1

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net

2

to push aside; to push one's way through

3

looking for something; searching for something; object being sought

2

folding umbrella

2

to hold (umbrella) over

1

to stammer; to stutter

1

eyelashes

5

to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge

1

crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)

2

to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly

3

lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)

3

fan; enthusiast; lover (of); (electric) fan

5

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

necklace

10