jpdb beta

to hasten to join; to hurry to visit

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

2

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love

1

great difference; major mistake

1

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

5

in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

2

one scene (e.g. in a movie)

1

real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

1

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

1

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

12

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

1

exclusive; attached to; specialist

8

maid

10

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

5

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

2

(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

3

clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)

1

flexible; lithe; soft; pliable

1

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

2

personal; individual; private

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

2

to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)

1

to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)

1

one after another; in rapid succession

2

spirit; heart; disposition

1

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

1

to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)

1

fast pace; quick pace

1

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

2

lips

4

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

7

shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)

1

beckoning

1

scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market

2

to point at

2

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

3

once more; again

1

small number; few; minority

1

absolute authority or power (over someone or something)

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

in addition

2

calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

1

to smash; to crush

1

be that as it may; even so; though that be so

3

dilemma; predicament

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1