jpdb beta

heir; inheritor; successor

1

to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

1

proper; appropriate; due; suitable

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

4

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

1

right under; directly below

1

heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain

1

to shrug one's shoulders

3

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

1

cooperation; collaboration

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

2

the preceding visitor

4

money

3

normalcy; normality; normal

1

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

2

seat at a table; place at a table

3

cuckoo

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

candy box

2

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

2

this evening; tonight

1

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

2

to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic

1

faltering; hesitation

1

20 years old

3

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

3

hair dyed brown

2

denim; jeans

3

to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)

3

present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times

1

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

1

way of talking; speaking style

1

to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with

1

afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

that sort of; like that

1

short; brief

3

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

1

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

1

to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

2

hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

1