jpdb beta

despair; hopelessness

5

longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration

1

inquisitiveness

2

mike; mic; microphone

1

to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

3

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

2

TV blooper; broadcasting blunder

1

program (e.g. TV); programme

1

somehow; somewhat; seemingly

2

to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation

3

to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

2

mere; only; just; slight

1

mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

1

comma; decimal point; radix point

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

3

everyday; always; at all times; frequently

1

if is not; if are not

2

to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

1

shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted

3

school building; schoolhouse

1

school entrance ceremony

1

quickly

1

months (period of)

1

human relations; personal relationships

1

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

2

notice; notification

1

formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff

2

IQ; intelligence quotient

2

in the building

2

to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)

1

end of work day; end of school term; end of school year

1

to shine; to glitter; to be bright

1

(a) few; some; several

2

cynical; warped; envious

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise

1

exception

2

beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach

1

bullet; shot; shell

2

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

4

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

2

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

2

protest; objection

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

1

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

1

eye contact

3