jpdb beta

cheering group; cheering squad

1

man among men; man's man

1

hot topic; talk of the town

1

ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

1

gently; quietly; calmly

1

just how; how (dare you)

1

surrounding at a distance

1

on the occasion of

1

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

1

barrage of questions

1

toilet; restroom; lavatory; bathroom

1

bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

colon; eau de Cologne; colonist

1

perfume; scent

2

dizzy; giddy

1

harem

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

to make merry; to be festive

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

1

being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

1

here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

1

consumption; expenditure

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

3

learning

1

buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking

1

crowd; throng

3

to part left and right; to open out

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

Moses

1

the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog

1

mark of liveliness; sign of activity

1

to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low

3

looking depressed; long face

1

(can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?

1

clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave

1

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

10

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

3

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

3

school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag

1

newspaper

2

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

1

today; this day

1

evening paper

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

1

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

1

article; news story; report; account

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