jpdb beta

to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average

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the whole city; all the cities; every city

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lonely; dreary; desolate; few; scarce; sparse

1

second-rate; inferior

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to sit on a seat

2

monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)

1

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

1

palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine

5

silent; solemn; quiet

1

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

2

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

2

basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

1

to kneel

2

both families

3

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

3

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

1

three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often

1

age 10

1

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

8

brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling

2

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

1

large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

1

gold and silver; money

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

book; volume; this; present; main; head

2

skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window

1

in advance; beforehand; previously

1

dead of night; shades of night; black of night

1

to scatter; to spread

1

gold dust

2

Noctiluca scintillans (luminescent species of dinoflagellate)

1

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

1

with a momentary flash of light

1

darkness; the dark

4

shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

2

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

2

to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still

5

again

2

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

1

set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one

1

golden and shiny; gaudy; gaudily decorated; brand spanking new; new and shiny

1

military officer; naval officer

1

dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight

1

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

1

to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert

2

still (continuing); as ever; further

3

100; hundred

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