jpdb beta

mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for

1

deep breath

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

12

to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break

1

excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you

1

huh?; what's up?

10

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

1

to rest; to suspend; to give relief

1

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

8

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names

1

nice; good; well-executed

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

6

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

1

you (plural)

1

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

2

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

2

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

1

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

3

understood; I see; OK; present; here

1

this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

3

literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)

2

tax; duty

2

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

2

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

16

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

4

library (usu. single-room); small library

1

frequency of use

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

4

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

4

to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

1

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution

2

transactions; dealings; business

1

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

1

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

1

we; us

1

drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

1

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

1

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

4

however

2

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

drama; theatre; theater; play

1

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

1

program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme

1

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

1