jpdb beta

to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle

1

half-cooked; rare; ambiguous; vague; immature

1

beef

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butter

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

3

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing

8

to be used to eating

1

to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)

1

inquisitiveness

1

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

1

to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve

1

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

1

to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around

3

to have a taste (of something); to sample; to try

1

stifled (laughter); simmering

1

old maid

1

to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)

1

putting life into; animating; cheering up

1

utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all

1

glass; pane

1

babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper

1

frown; scowl; grimace

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

manly; masculine; like a man

1

to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively

1

(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad

2

in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic

1

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

8

sugar

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

1

salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold

1

groan; moan; moaning

2

to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

2

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

2

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

grumbling; muttering; complaining; moaning

1

cluster of trees; grove; thicket

2

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

1

violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

1

wreath; garland

1

tombstone; gravestone

2

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

tidying up; finishing

1

completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

4