jpdb beta

thanks; gratitude

5

to pretend

8

hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable

6

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

6

to pay

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

to solicit; to demand; to extort

1

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

1

to settle (a problem)

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

4

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

company; corporation; workplace

2

to sum up; to summarize; to summarise

1

(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

1

complicity

3

to accuse somebody; to charge someone

1

had better do so

1

father; male parent

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

2

cooperation; collaboration

1

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

the very thing; itself

3

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

3

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

1

to lose one's footing; to slip

1

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

1

unluckily

1

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

4

since; henceforth

6

to feel blue; to feel depressed

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

4

or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still

3

evening meal

2

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

tiredness; fatigue

2

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

5

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

fastidiousness; fussiness about cleanliness, etc.; clean-freak

9

large plate; platter

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

3

small dish

1

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

1

coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK

6

washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break

3

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

5

bath

1

in succession; one by one

3

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

1

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

2