jpdb beta

dragonfly; damselfly

1

larva; grub; maggot

1

insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness

10

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

9

by myself; in person; by oneself

1

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)

2

yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

2

black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

2

grains; lumps; granulated; lumpy; bumpiness

1

(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look

1

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

3

palm (of one's hand)

1

Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!

2

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

2

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

1

to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

9

tail (animal); tail end; tip

5

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)

2

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

2

to happen to pass by

1

wow!; gee!; oh dear!

1

planarian (any flatworm of family Planaria)

2

in swarms; crawling with

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

5

on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

2

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

4

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

4

to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)

1

rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively

2

to shake off

1

anecdote; tidbit; gossip; little-known story

1

to giggle

1

slitheringly; wriggling, slipping and sliding

3

shiveringly

1

to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise

1

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

2

snake; serpent; large snake

1

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

1

to grow up; to become an adult

17

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

3

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

ten; 10; ten years of age

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

to escape; to run away

2

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

3

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

1

who

3

in comparison to; rather than

1