jpdb beta

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

2

risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh

1

the speed of light

2

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

2

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

2

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

2

fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man

2

samurai's compassion; samurai-like mercy

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

double bed

1

clean; pure; chaste

1

to fall asleep

1

last night; yesterday evening

2

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

3

lecture

1

train; electric train

3

to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)

1

lateness; tardiness; arriving late

1

large family

1

woman; girl

1

small bird; little bird

1

chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue

1

to fail to hear; to miss

1

falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

7

skirt

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

1

opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person

6

to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated

1

restaurant

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

1

counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

4

time; labour; labor

2

small bowl

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

bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

1

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

1

to say; to speak

1

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

4

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

1

little by little; bit by bit; sparingly

1

objective

2

adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

1

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

3

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

3

wind; gas; fart; something worthless; something not worth considering

1

to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do

2

(one's parents') home

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