jpdb beta

performer; player

1

deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

1

the same age

1

guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience

1

manufacture; production

1

vocal cords; vocal folds

7

vocal organs

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

1

performing musician

1

connection

1

pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise

1

a few years later

1

educational institution

1

singing; song; music class (at pre-WWII schools); song for music classes

7

qualifications of candidacy for an examination

4

examiner

3

season; time of year

1

gradually; slowly but steadily

1

absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted

1

to quarrel; to dispute

1

live singing; poor singing; bad singing

1

OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

1

to date; as of now

1

final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding

1

being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

1

to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger

1

fanatic

4

one more time; once more; once again

1

fanaticism; zealotry; blind devotion

1

vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology

1

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

3

kitchen; cookhouse; (ship's) galley

1

wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire

1

sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling

1

courage; ardour; high spirits

1

grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting

4

blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty

1

fruity

1

devoted; self-sacrificing

1

full-course dinner; multicourse meal; full (educational) course

1

back street; back alley; off-street

1

Bern (Switzerland)

26

violinist

1

to get someone to say; to make someone say

1

Passell

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

7

escapee; fugitive

1

mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress

2

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

1

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

2