jpdb beta

to drag in; to pull in

4

judgment; judgement; decision; verdict

1

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

2

cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

4

to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)

2

god of death; death deity; Death

1

to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed

1

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

4

tune; tone; intonation; melody; rhythm; harmony

1

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

1

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

1

negotiations; discussions; connection

1

engagement; betrothal

23

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

2

one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends

2

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

2

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

3

to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver

1

handrail; railing; banister

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

13

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

1

to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble

1

fine thread

1

silence; stillness; quietness

4

rather than

2

groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

5

study; library; den; home office; reading room

4

reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with

1

filing (documents, etc.)

1

immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

1

to wear away; to rub down; to abrade

3

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate

3

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

1

had better; is advisable

1

round; circular; spherical

4

moment; instant

1

trivial; slight

6

point in common; common feature

2

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

7

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

2

to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)

1

generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia

1