jpdb beta

single word; a few words; brief comment

3

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

1

water fountain

1

turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling

4

detour; circumvention; turning movement

1

electrically powered; electric

1

large front gate

2

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

4

side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance

1

to bend forward; to stoop; to bow

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

3

driver's seat (in a car)

9

van; truck; delivery van

10

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

8

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

8

spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

8

engine

3

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

8

perfect; complete

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

4

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

1

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

1

bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer

4

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

5

to fall completely silent; to become still as death

1

to bear; to shoulder

1

to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out

1

detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of

1

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

5

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

5

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

1

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

1

to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of

1

to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to

1

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

1

door; gate; opening; title page

6

to close; to shut

2

second floor; upstairs

3

stairs; stairway; staircase

7

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

bleak; chilly; dreary

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

3

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

1

corridor; hallway; passageway

2

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

3

entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule

3

kitchen

5

to make tea

1

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

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