jpdb beta

saddle

1

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

2

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

5

please; somehow or other; one way or another

3

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

2

to dye; to colour; to color

2

westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun

2

invisibly; secretly; privately

1

to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear

7

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

2

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

9

evening; night; dinner

16

owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)

1

war cry; roar

1

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

9

light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

1

fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

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

beyond that point; after that

3

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

2

to be the case that

3

half

4

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

3

letter (of alphabet); character; writing

2

interior; inside; internal

1

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

1

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

8

ridiculous; odd

9

symbol; code; sign; notation

1

to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count

5

hemisphere

1

ornament; decoration

1

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

1

inside; interior; inner part

4

to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched

1

as before; as ever; as it was originally

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

2

how; in what way; by what means

2

desperately; for one's dear life

1

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

neigh; whinny; bray

1

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

2

this evening; tonight

4

to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)

1

favourite horse; favorite horse

1

muzzle; snout

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

1