jpdb beta

faint smile

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noh mask

2

concern; business

1

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

1

to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver

1

to exchange words

1

to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter

1

to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive

1

having ended; being resolved

1

leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

1

expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.

1

heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed

1

to drop one's shoulders

1

final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue

1

empty lot; vacant plot of land

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1

unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

1

to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on

1

not only

1

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

1

friend; companion

2

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

2

unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

2

unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly

1

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

1

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

1

windy; windswept; receive harsh treatment

1

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

offender; criminal; culprit

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

1

bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example

1

dissemination; spreading of information

1

at present; now

1

to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message

1

splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK

2

to sell

1

willing to do; prepared

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

2

to sentence; to assign a penalty

1

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

1

compelling force; legal force

1

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

2

splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)

1

supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

1

same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category

1

just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

1