jpdb beta

acting; performance

1

to turn one's face away

5

mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress

1

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide

1

report to a superior

1

rejection; dismissal

1

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

4

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

2

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

3

steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower

1

harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage

1

arsenal; arms and ammunition factory

1

smelting furnace; blast furnace

1

origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material

4

drill

1

place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range

1

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

10

we

1

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

3

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

2

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

4

several animals

1

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve

3

screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation

1

loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

3

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

2

dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

3

setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)

1

person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

2

to pamper; to spoil

1

manger; crib

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering

1

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

1

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

2

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

Cesare

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal

2

aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

1

smiling face; smile

3

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

3

pigeon; dove

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

2

receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death

1

to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed

7