jpdb beta

lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love

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scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

(next-door) neighbour; neighbor

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

1

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

3

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

1

quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful

1

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

3

party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)

3

memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary

1

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

1

we

2

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

1

what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few

1

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

1

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

1

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

3

be; is; did; (have) done; please; do

1

love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

2

delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient

1

how; in what way; how about

1

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

1

pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black

1

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

4

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

1

to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

1

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

4

study (for a role); preparation for a part (in a play, etc.)

3

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

3

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

1

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

3

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

2

newly-wed; newly married

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

2

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

1

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

2

that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...

2

no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

2

indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very

4

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

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