jpdb beta

regret; repentance; remorse

1

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

2

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

9

dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon

2

friend; companion

2

close; intimate; on good terms

1

base (military, expedition, etc.)

10

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

7

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

1

official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open

1

perfect; complete

20

stoppage; interruption; cessation; suspension

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

5

choices; alternatives; options

5

land route; overland route; by land; overland

1

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

2

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

7

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

2

presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd

2

menial; meanness; servility; abject

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

5

since; this person

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened

1

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

1

the way one talks; one's way of speaking

1

joke; playfulness; kidding around

1

each place; various places

1

to be the case that

6

to do

1

leader; guide; mentor; coach

2

punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

1

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

8

to pile up; to accumulate

1

pill; lozenge; tablet

5

packing; wrapping

2

seat; sheet

9

sleeping pill; sleep medication

6

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end

7

chapter one; first chapter

1

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

4

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

13

one's own room

2

several day period

1

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

1

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

3

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

7