jpdb beta

mother

1

childhood

1

being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands

1

to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

2

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

1

each person

1

breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

2

to sit (down)

3

calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification

1

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

3

it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...

3

graceful; ladylike; modest; gentle; polite; quiet

2

self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive

1

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

2

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

2

straightforwardly; being outspoken

1

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

4

niche

1

second basement level; subbasement

1

inside; interior

2

large statured; tall

1

glamorous

1

three-digit number; hundreds column

12

abnormal

1

short hand; hour hand

1

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

6

dear me; I mean; or rather

2

sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)

2

other people; others

1

pluralizing suffix

37

vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money

2

to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion

1

to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work

2

slight movement; slight tremor; quiver

2

even

2

apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that

2

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

5

promptly; quickly

1

treatment (of a person); dealing with

1

shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)

1

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

1

dining; dining room; meal

2

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

4

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

1

direct

1

taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration

2

passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality

2

to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur

2