jpdb beta

sorting fruit

1

person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice

2

revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing

2

to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

1

long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act

1

patient; unhurried; leisurely

1

ordinary citizen; the general public

2

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

2

long-term stay

2

curious; strange; unusual

1

architectural style

1

drifting; drift; being adrift

1

sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing

1

to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in

1

safety; security

2

a bit lower (price)

1

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

1

craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

1

to cut off the retreat

1

point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise

1

struggle for existence

1

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

3

adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined

2

composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation

3

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

1

increase in basic salary; bear; bare

9

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

2

to come within sight

1

the times

1

critical section

1

to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

1

compelling force; legal force

1

natural disaster

1

deserted village; poor village

1

funds; capital

2

compensating; making up for; supplementation

1

difference; discrepancy; variation

1

shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

1

from the beginning; from scratch

1

ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker

2

graciously

1

ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris

4

descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance

2

purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge

2

glory; splendour; honour

1

as one of

1

to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day

1

to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure

1

suppression; repression; subjugation

1