jpdb beta

meanwhile; in the meantime

1

foldable; collapsible

1

table

3

wooden box; wooden crate

1

item; something that one "just has to have"

2

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

2

essence; the best; chic; smart; considerate; understanding

4

to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid

1

mind reading

1

cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic

1

variant; variation; variety; (taxonomical) variety

1

to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

2

to survive; to live long

1

to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

1

time warp; time travel

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

4

after; later

2

to be too numerous; to be too much

1

(a) few; some; several

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

2

making practical; making useful; implementing

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

3

denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)

1

old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch

1

mountain village

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

to understand; to make out

1

time travel

1

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

1

that well-known ...

1

to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by

1

name; title

1

place name; toponym

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

3

mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation

1

to differ; to vary; to disagree

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

1

science fiction; sci-fi; SF

1

man of the future; Homo futurus

15

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

3

to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

11

idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing

2

beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

3

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

1

user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift

3

crystal ball

1