jpdb beta

reply; response; answer

2

need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention

1

visitor

2

to be slow in saying

1

to say; to be called; to do

4

swept back hair

1

dark brown; colour of tanned skin

4

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

1

blouse

7

dark brown

1

jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

18

low heels; low-heeled shoes

1

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

1

to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

1

realism (art, music, etc.); verism; verismo (esp. opera)

21

product

3

legal office; law office; legal department

3

company business

1

to go; to come; to lose; to be defeated; to be stumped (by); to be at a loss; to visit (a shrine, grave, etc.)

3

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling

2

to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts

1

bow; bowing

1

exemplar; model; example; pattern

1

etiquette; courtesy

1

(instruction) manual; handbook

4

with a half-opened eye

5

in haste; for now

2

to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)

3

(your) time

1

fixed income

1

monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment

1

to know (someone); to think; to believe

2

to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock

5

this company; this firm; this shrine

3

to say; to tell; to state; to do

3

to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect

1

connivance; overlooking

1

to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word

1

so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...

3

broker; employment agency

2

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

1

dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down

2

to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)

1

praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd

1

by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate

2

unusual appearance; extraordinary countenance; striking features

4

being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly

3

pet cat

7

to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

1